Spong Man (from the wiki)
The Spong Man lid at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
"Spong Man" is the pottery lid of a cremation urn in the shape of a seated figure. Unearthed in 1979, it is one of the few Anglo-Saxon three-dimensional human figures ever found.[1] The lid is 14.3 centimetres in height.[3]
Spong Man is normally on display at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery. It was loaned to the "Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War" exhibition at the British Library in 2018/9.[4]
The Osprey Post-Roman Kingdoms says he is wearing a Pileus Pannonicus a pillbox hat associated with legionaries of the late period.
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