A Fragment of a Monumental Bronze Statue, Lincoln. (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Coombe, Penny; Pearce, John; Libby, Kathryn
• Is Part Of: Britannia. Volume 50(2019)
• Page Start: 349
• Page End: 359
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: bronze statue, -- Roman Lincoln; Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Antiquities, Roman -- Periodicals; Romans -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 936.10305
• DOI: 10.1017/S0068113X19000060
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0068-113X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A fragment of Roman monumental bronze sculpture was discovered near Lincoln in 2015 and reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme. This note offers identification of the piece as an over-life-size finger, describes comparable examples and similar pieces from the local area, and makes suggestions as to the original form of the sculpture from which it may have derived. The statue's metallurgical characteristics and making, the possible context of display and the circumstances of deposition are also considered.