| ID | 1120 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TG0802 |
| Project type | Metal detector |
| County | Norfolk |
| Site | Wicklewood |
| Site Name | Crownthorpe |
| Site Type | Small town |
| Location Type | Temple |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Norwich Castle Museum |
| Ref No | NWHCM 1993.6.1 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mercury |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Petasos |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Petasos, purse |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Drapery description | Thick heavy folds of drapery over left shoulder |
| Condition | Slightly worn, especially the left side of the face, left arm missing below elbow |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 101.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Description | Flat cap petasos, left wing broken. Purse in right hand. Long torso, broad shoulders, right leg thinner than left. Hair straight, fairly crude facial features where visible. Pubic hair depicted - unusual. Little depiction of musculature, high chest. |
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