Cast bronze ceremonial axe-head: a bull, ready for sacrifice with a club lying on its back

Details

• Title

  Cast bronze ceremonial axe-head: a bull, ready for sacrifice with a club lying on its back

• Associated people

  the Reverend James Douglas (1753 - 1819) (excavator)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Kent › Canterbury › Canterbury (near) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Roman Period (Britain) (AD 43 - 410)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  260.3 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, from the collection of the Rev. James Douglas, 1829.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1969.567

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