ID | 334 |
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Images | |
Grid Ref | SU0061 |
Project type | Chance |
County | Wiltshire |
Site | Devizes |
Site Name | Southbroom |
Site Type | Unknown |
Location Type | Hoard |
Context | Unknown |
Context Quality | 0 |
Object Date | C3 |
Object Period | 3 |
Material | Bronze |
Secondary Material | Inset eyes |
Other finds from site | In a pot with 11 other figurines and a coin of Severus Alexander. Only 8 remain though |
Import | No |
Place of manufacture | Local |
Location | British Museum |
Ref No | 1811,0309.8 |
M/F | Male |
Age | Mature |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Deity |
Name | Mercury |
Bearded | No |
Standing/Seated | Standing |
Headgear | Petasos |
Attributes | Yes |
Attribute description | Petasos, purse, patera |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | Yes |
Drapery description | Drapery across left shoulder and around torso in in broad mouldings. There is a collar around the neck. |
Condition | Slightly worn. |
Classical | 1 |
Quality | Stylised 3 |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Height | 108.00 |
Length | 0.00 |
Parallels | Menzel 1966, Taf 58 no. 96 |
References | Lindgren 1980, 46-7, pl 2; Green 1976, 191, pl III h; Toynbee 1964, 72; Boon 1973a, Taf 58, no 6; Cunnington 1854, 214; British Museum 1964, 54, no 16, pl 17 [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | Stands with knees slightly bent. Both arms held out in front of the body, right hand holds a purse, left a patera. The purse is above the hand, while usually it is below. It is biconical with a reel at the top. The patera is a flat circular disc. Fingers depicted but not toes, small feet. Petasos is a conical cap with small brim framing face. No hair depicted. Crude face with deep eye sockets, wedge nose and slit mouth. Mouth worn and nose slightly damaged. Very basic drapery mouldings. Wings protrude like ears from the top of the petasos, they are slightly bent to the rear and the bases extend to a point down the back of the cap. The left buttock is exposed. |
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