[Link to Bibliography]
| ID | 224 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | NY9864 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Northumberland |
| Site | Corbridge |
| Site Type | Military |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Site Date | c.AD90 - 4th c |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Corbridge Museum |
| Ref No | HWMEH CO22969 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Child |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Cupid |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Wings, torch and other object |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing right foot and right wing. Very slight corrosion. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 72.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Green 1978, 58, pl 32 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Left arm raised, right lowered. Stands in flight with left leg to rear. Left arm holds torch (only the base remains). Right arm slightly out from the body holds object. Arms rather long. Detailed piece - fingers and toes, feathers on wings, hair. Finely featured face with chubby cheeks, quite a deep slit mouth, hair in top knot and ringlets. Wing has scalloped feathers on the body and cross-hatching at the tip. No neck. |
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