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Roman stone statuette of Mercury
Base only of a statuette of Mercury, showing the feet of the figure and traces of the feet of what was probably a cock.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.78/26.2
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon Churchyard, Caerleon
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1908
Notes: found near the middle of the fortress at the south-west angle of the east wing of the building in the extension of the churchyard. Three fragments originally found; the fragments of the corded border and of the right leg of the figure are now lost.
Acquisition
donation, 19/2/1931
Measurements
height / mm:170
width / mm:170
depth / mm:65
Material
Oolitic Bath stone
Location
Caerleon: Case 23 Religion & Superstition
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