| ID | 1042 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TL9924 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Name | St Mary's Hospital |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Context | Ditch F23 |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Context Date | C2-4 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Caducei (1038-1040), Mercury 1040) |
| Location | Colchester Archaeological Trust |
| Ref No | SF1015 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Human |
| Name | Priestess |
| Aliases | Rosmerta; Nantosuelta |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Bag or jar |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Tunic with overfold |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Drapery description | Cloak draped over head |
| Condition | Good, slightly worn. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 83.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | South Shields (294) |
| References | Crummy 2006, 60 and 67, fig. 29 no 5, pl 6; Black 2008, 10 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | See Crummy for description. Back rather concave and only very basic drapery depicted. Flattish figure like the Mercury from the same site. Head quite small, lots of hair and headdress above. |
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