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| ID | 39 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3281 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London |
| Site Name | Royal Exchange? |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Museum of London |
| Ref No | A17712 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Apollo? |
| Aliases | Mercury |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Other | Baldric |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Purse |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing lower legs, right arm and lower left arm, badly worn |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 95.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Pitts 1979, 54 no 26, pl 3; Green 1976, 224, no 63; Lindgren 1980, 55-6, pl 15; Wheeler 1930, 46 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | No wings. Baldric unusual, perhaps not Mercury or even a forgery (Lindgren). The stance and baldric could suggest Apollo. |
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