| ID | 509 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | SO6102 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Gloucestershire |
| Site | Lydney |
| Site Type | Religious |
| Location Type | near temple |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Site Date | C4 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Dog |
| Bearded | No |
| Is an attribute of | Diana, Dea Nutrix |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 101.60 |
| Parallels | Cologne (Fremersdorf 1964, taf 116) |
| References | Green 1976, 169, no 5; Toynbee 1964, 127 and 1976, 84; Wheeler and Wheeler 1932, 40+88, no 114, pl XXV; Bathurst 1879, pl XXX, no 3 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | replete with accurate and original oberservation, both in the attitude and the rendering of the rough and broken coat, emphasised by boldy cut spirals at shoulder and hip. It may justly be described as a small masterpiece (Wheeler, p88) |
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