While I'm on animals, anyone for Roman goats? Goat brooch from Nottinghamshire :) http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/579075 …pic.twitter.com/d3U16wE6mN
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The third Lincolnshire miniature Iron Age boar :) From Ludford, a major local IA/RB centre--http://www.timelineauctions.com/lot/celtic-bronze-votive-boar/5948/ …pic.twitter.com/a0Y5KVpsIu
@caitlinrgreen distribution of the Lincolnshire boars is very interesting. All in a N/S line on the western edge of the wolds. Coincidence?
@lidongni Yes, very true! Intriguing....
@caitlinrgreen what would they be for?
@JaneGrover1 perhaps votive offerings or possibly protective symbols, according to @lidongni:https://www.academia.edu/4755419/An_Iron_Age_boar_figurine_from_Great_Sturton_Lincolnshire …
@caitlinrgreen @lidongni or maybe just toys. I think archaeologists go a bit overboard on the votive/symbolic thing
@JaneGrover1 @caitlinrgreen but there is definitely a symbolic / totemic connection, as with the boar on the Witham Shield
@JaneGrover1 @caitlinrgreen this bronze boar from Neuvy-en-Sullias is one of my faves - it's almost life sized!pic.twitter.com/BySMBHjHjc
@lidongni @JaneGrover1 That really is rather fabulous!
MT @caitlinrgreen: Lovely Iron Age boar figurines from Lincolnshire! See further: http://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/?/blog/view/iron-age-miniature-boar-acquired … pic.twitter.com/QnF3KQG1ZJ”
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