[Link to Bibliography]
| ID | 1064 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3079 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London |
| Site Name | uncertain provenance |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Museum of London |
| Ref No | 59.94/39 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Hercules |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Cap |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Club and cup |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good, slight corrosion |
| Classical | No |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 56 |
| Length | 0 |
| Parallels | Rolland 1965, 70 no. 105 |
| References | Pitts 1979, 117 no 2 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Pitts suggested this could be a fake or modern import but other figures with a cup and club exist. Nude male, crude facial features, wedge-shaped nose. Stands with right foot on left calf - unusual stance. Club is in left hand and rests against the left knee, the handled cup is in the right hand. Long torso and short legs. Head and upper body lean slightly to the right. |
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