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Iron Age copper alloy horse figurine
This bronze figurine of a horse is gracefully stylised with a narrow waist. The head is pointed with the ears formed from a crest with a v-shaped notch removed and the eye sockets have been enlarged, probrably to take enamel or stone inlay. The legs have mostly been broken off and the animal does not have a tail.
Bronze horse figurine, 100 BCE-100 CE.
SC5.6
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
49.9
Find Information
Site Name: Pant-yr-Heol House, Pentwyn Mawr
Collection Method: chance find
Date: 1949
Notes: Found while digging in the garden of above.
Acquisition
Donation, 6/1/1949
Measurements
height / mm:45
length / mm:62
weight / g:68.5
Techniques
cast
Material
copper alloy
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Celtic Art
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