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ID	1169
Images	No image in database
Grid Ref	TL9649
Project type	Metal detector
County	Suffolk
Site	Kettlebaston
Site Type	Unknown
Context Quality	0
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Secondary Material	White metal
Ref No	SF-302EF1
M/F	Female
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Fortuna?
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Headgear	Headdress
Other	Necklace
Attributes	Yes
Attribute description	Cornucopia
Clothed	Yes
Drapery	Yes
Drapery description	Toga
Classical	1
Quality	Stylised 1 or 2
Photo	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Height	73.10
Length	0.00
References	PAS database. [Link to Bibliography]
Description	The figurine has an oval shaped head with incised oval shaped eyes, a protruding nose and an incised smiling mouth. It is wearing an unusual probable head dress or hair style, which frames the face and has a flat downwards sloping upper face. This upper face is decorated with a central deep groove and to either side of this there are opposing diagonal lines with further smaller diagonal cross-hatching between these. Around the neck of the figurine is a probable necklace which is chunky and has vertical grooves around it. The shoulders are sloping and the figurine is dressed in a draped toga the hem of which reaches to the base of the figurine and has three quarter length sleeves. The folds of this toga are depicted by moulded ribs and grooves which flow towards the left across the upper body of the figurine and fall vertically below the waist. The left hand adjacent to the hip of the figurine, it is bent at the elbow and is holding what is most likely to be a cornucopia. The right arm is straight, held at the side of the figurine and dangling from the right hand is an unknown object which is roughly rectangular in shape with rounded terminal ends. There are spots of a white metal on the lower front face of the toga, no other white metal coating can now be seen. At the base the hem of the toga flares outwards, at this point the figurine is incomplete and any pedestal or base is now missing. The underside of the base is oval in shape and concave with traces of a possible white lead solder within it, presumably to attache the fgurine to a base of some kind. There is also reddish brown iron staining around its outer edges, possibly the remains of the base or whatever the figurine was originally attached to (PAS).
PAS id	SF-302EF1