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| ID | 422 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TG2218 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Norfolk |
| Site | Haynford |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1853,0502.11 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Child |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Cupid |
| Aliases | Bacchus |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Missing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Poor, weathered, missing right hand |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 76.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Faider-Feytmans 1957, 56, no 62, pl 14 |
| References | Green 1976, 205, pl XII b; Haverfield 1901a, 318, fig 31; Fox 1889, 361; Hutchinson 1986, 207, Me-16 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | A pudgy male child, nude, is engaged in an energetic dance (Hutchinson) She suggests it is a child Bacchus or Bacchic genius based on the pose as it reacalls the dance of the Dionysian thiasoi. Although in poor condition you can see that the musculature is deinfed. The facial features are only barely visible, the hair is in a top-knot. Proportions good. Feet and hands not well depicted (although it is hard to tell due to the poor condition). |
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