Record Details

NHER Number:33031
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Small Roman duck figurine

Summary

Metal detecting in 1996 recovered a small Roman figurine of a duck, not very detailed but showing a characteristic upturned tail. The figure has a small fixing peg at the bottom and may be of religious significance.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 09 02
Map Sheet:TG00SE
Parish:WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1996. Metal detector find.
Roman small figurine of a duck, not very detailed but showing characteristic upturned tail. Thought to have religious significance. Short fixing peg on the bottom.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 29 October 1996.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

Related records - none

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