| ID | 111 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TG2427 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Norfolk |
| Site | Felmingham |
| Site Name | Felmingham Hall |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Hoard |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Context Date | C3 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Hoard found in a pot, inc coin 260 AD, Minerva bust (343), Jupiter mask, ravens, wheel etc |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Britain |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1925,0610.4 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Lar Compitalis |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Laurel wreath |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Drinking horn, patera |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Tunic, sash, boots |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 75.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Cirencester (517) |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 91; Toynbee 1964, 85; Green 1976, 205; British Museum 1964, 60, pl XXIV; Fox 1889, 360; Haverfield 1901a, 307-9; Alcock 1986, 127; Gilbert 1978, 164-5, pl IV [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | This small, very delicately made statuette is one of the most purely classical pieces in the hoard. . . the face is a wooden mask of classical style, sharply contrasting with the clear expression on the features of the more Celtic pieces of the hoard (Gilbert). |
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