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I dig u – 2,000-year-old Cupid figurine among Roman artefacts found on major route


12 February 2021
Made of solid bronze with wings and holding a flaming, the figurine was discovered in a deposit of charcoal and may have been an offering to the gods.
The almost 2,000-year-old figurine depicting Cupid, the Roman God of love was discovered along with a bow-shaped brooch, and a Roman or early Saxon skeleton.
The items were found along the proposed 3.4-mile stretch of the new A417 Missing Link route and go some way to showing what life in the area was like thousands of years ago.
The Cupid figurine is a rare find, with less than 50 known in the UK, and is one of only three that have been found as part of an archaeological dig as opposed to by metal detectorists. ....

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