Context (Production / use)
Rams were sacrificial animals in the Roman period, and sacred to Mercury as symbol of fertility.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Field collection)
Found near the Roman highway at Arrington, the modern Royston to Huntingdon road.
Event Date 1990
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Taylor, A., 1993, A Roman lead coffin with pipeclay figurines from Arrington, Cambridgeshire, Britannia, 24, 191–225.
Event Date 1993
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Pryor, F. 1997. Discovering the Past... Anglian Water and Archaeology: An account of archaeological discoveries made by Anglian Water 1989-1995. Cambridge: Anglian Water. pp. 51-56
Event Date 1997
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Taylor, Alison. (1997). 'South West Cambridgeshire'. Archaeology of Cambridgeshire. Vol.1. p. 12, 13.
Event Date 1997
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Conservation (Surface Clean)
CON.2015.2005 | Surface Clean
Event Date 22/9/2015
Author: kw402

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Context (References)
Brettell, Rhea Catharine. 2016. 'Case Study 1: Infant, Arrington, Cambridgeshire' in The Final Masquerade: A Molecular-Based Approach to the Identification of Resinous plant Exudates in Roman Mortuary Contexts in Britain and Evaluation of Their Significance. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Bradford. pp. 136-142
Event Date 2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Joy, J. May/June 2016. 'Hide and Seek: What Happened to Ancient Children?' British Archaeology, no. 148. pp. 42-47 (pictured)
Event Date 2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Display)
On display in 'Hide and Seek: Looking for Children in the Past', Li Ka Shing Gallery, MAA from 30 January 2016 to 29 January 2017.
Event Date 30/01/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Physical description)
Ram figurine.
Missing three legs and detached from it's stand.
Accession number only on the stand
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

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Description (Physical description)
Nearly complete ram. Splendid, confident creature with wonderfully lively and curly fleece and grand round horns. Two hind legs and a front leg are broken. The body is decorated with raised circular patterns. The ram stands on a rectangular terracotta platform. Terracotta (pipe-clay). Grave goods for 1992.283
Event Date 6/4/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Physical description)
Pipeclay figure of a ram with curly fleece, indicated by raised dots, and round horns. The ram stands on a rectangular platform; two hind legs and a front leg are broken.
Event Date 6/4/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2018.4111 | Assessment Only
Event Date 25/4/2018
Author: Kirstie Williams

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Loan (Exhibition)
Ely Museum, 26/06/2018 to 01/10/2018, Animals in Archaeology
Event Date 26/6/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)