File:Drawing of a Roman zoomorphic figurine (FindID 34932).jpg

English: Cast copper-alloy figurine in the form of a goat. It is standing on a hollow sub-rectangular base measuring 9 x 11 mm, which has four circular holes through it at an angle, presumably to enable it to be attached to a surface or staff. The straight front legs and bent rear legs rise up from this, both made of a single piece of metal with a broad angular groove delineating the division between the legs. The chest swells out at a right angle to the legs and runs up into the neck. The body is more rounded; it has a distinct lump at the withers, and below this another circular hole. The rump is tilted up and ends in a broad long tail curving upwards. The head has a stout short nose, cut off almost vertically at the end, schematic swept-back ears and curved-back horns or antlers. There is no detail added to show a mouth or eyes. This figurine is almost certainly Roman; the holes in the base are probably to attach the figurine to an altar, and the hole in the shoulder may be to link it to a standing figure of Mercury (the goat is the animal version of Mercury).