[Link to Bibliography]
| ID | 1080 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SU0255 |
| Project type | Metal detector |
| County | Wiltshire |
| Site | Urchfont |
| Site Name | Easterton |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes |
| Ref No | DZSWS: 2007.5 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Fortuna |
| Aliases | Abundantia |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Diadem |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Patera, cornucopia |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Long tunic |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Drapery description | From left shoulder, stops just below the knee with a horizontal moulding. |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 55.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Duncliffe Hill (776) |
| References | PAS database [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stands holding a patera in the right hand and a cornucopia in the left. Fingers of right hand coarsely incised. Wears long gown with moulded pleats. Face fairly crude, chubby with round dimple eyes, wedge nose and slit mouth. Curly hair around face below diadem, incised a the back, bun at nape of neck. Head of cornucopia roughly decorated with deep grooves and dots. The thin profile and the stance are similar to the priest/Apollo pieces from London |
| PAS id | WILT-0774B1 |
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