Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Roman copper alloy animal figurine
Small figurine of a ram, complete. The ram stands with his head erect and turned slightly to the left. Cast, with fleece represented by circles, punched or incised. Laboratory analysis detects traces of silver, the remnant, perhaps of plating now lost. The ram, as a symbol of fertility, was normally associated with Mercury, and the present example probably formed part of a group, with Mercury, ram and perhaps cockerel also, cast separately and fixed to a common base.
Pwnc
Archeoleg a Nwmismateg
Rhif yr Eitem
84.43H/2.3
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Museum Garden, Caerleon
Cyfeirnod Grid: ST3391
Dull Casglu: excavation
Dyddiad: 1983-1985
Nodiadau: From pahse IIIb: 95
Derbyniad
Collected officially, 26/4/1984
Mesuriadau
length / mm:33
width / mm:11
height / mm:22
Deunydd
copper alloy
silver
Techneg
cast
plated
Lleoliad
Caerleon: Case 23 Religion & Superstition
Caiff Casgliadau Arlein ei ddiweddaru yn rheolaidd, ond gwnewch yn si’r bod eitem yn dal i gael ei arddangos cyn ymweld yn arbennig.
Categorïau
record verified by J. ReynoldsNid yw sylwadau ar gael ar hyn o bryd. Ymddiheuriadau am yr anghyfleustra.