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| ID | 337 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SU0061 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Wiltshire |
| Site | Devizes |
| Site Name | Southbroom |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Hoard |
| Context | Uknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Date | C3-e4? |
| Object Period | 4 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | See 334 |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1811,0309.6 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mother Goddess |
| Aliases | Venus Pudica |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | No |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Plain top over skirt with long moulded pleats. |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Slightly worn. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 96.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Culver Hole Cave (157) |
| References | Lindgren 1980, 79, no 43; Green 1976, 191; Boon 1973a, Taf 57+58, no 7; Cunnington 1854, 214; British Museum 1964, 54 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stands with hands clasped flat on belly and head tilted slightly to the left. Fingers of hands very coarsely depicted as shallow grooves and thumbs moulded separately. Long tapering feet, no toes. Large head with broad nose, almond eyes and slit mouth. Hair in broad mouldings along the side of the head with a flat bun at the back. |
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