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| ID | 448 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL4070 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Cambridgeshire |
| Site | Cottenham |
| Site Name | Willingham Fen |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Hoard |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Context Date | mid-late 2nd |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Box containing other objects and figurines (see 28) |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Cambridge University Museum |
| Ref No | Z 15188 |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Bust |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Celtic |
| Aliases | Cybele |
| Bearded | No |
| Headgear | Veil |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Drapery description | On left shoulder |
| Condition | Worn and pitted |
| Classical | 0 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 50.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Pitts 1979, 99, no 230; Toynbee 1964, 110; Green 1976, 210; Rostovtseff 1923, 94 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Undetermined sex. Three horns on veiled head. (Pitts) Face worn, can just make out the nose. 3 small horns protrude from the sides and top of head. Curly hair in front of the veil. Small tongue of drapery over the left shoulder. Female? |
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