File:Fenny Compton, Roman eagle mount (FindID 258293).jpg

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Fenny Compton: Roman eagle mount
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None, Anni Byard, 2009-06-03 13:47:46
Title
Fenny Compton: Roman eagle mount
Description
English: A cast bronze bird, possibly an eagle with good green patina. The figurine has a broken left foot, and shallow incised line decoration over the wings and tail for feather detail, with double punched dot decoration running down the centre of the folded wings - similar decoration is visible on the underside of the wings. An incised line details the beak and the eye sockets are hollow suggesting they contained glass or enamel. Although no attachment point is visible, this figurine probably adorned a vessel and would have been attached by the feet (possibly the missing left foot). Eagles often represented Jupiter in Roman religion. This figurine measures 61.48mm long, 21.43mm wide (folded wingspan) and weighs 48.1gms. It dates to the 1st or 2nd centuries AD.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date ROMAN
Accession number
FindID: 258293
Old ref: BERK-3D4CE1
Filename: eagle.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/212891
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/212891/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/258293
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