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| ID | 601 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | ST7266 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Somerset |
| Site | Bath |
| Site Name | Weston |
| Site Type | Small town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Roman Baths Museum |
| Ref No | BATRM 1983.30 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Priestess |
| Aliases | Worshipper |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Veil |
| Attributes | Missing |
| Attribute description | Probably held patera or similar in right hand |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Long tunic |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Drapery description | Drapery wrapped around waist, over left forearm, and head covered. |
| Condition | Slightly worn. Missing most of right arm |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 80.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Green 1976, 187, no 16; Scarth 1864, 85, pl XXXV [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stands with right hand open with coarse fingers on the back, front a mitten hand. Crude depiction of face with slit mouth and bulbous round eyes. Also very crude depiction of drapery folds. Feet emerge below hem of gown. Upper part of body at back plain, a little drapery shown around waist and coarse incisions depict the lower part of the gown. Head tilted forward slightly giving a sinuous profile. |
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