Figurines Data

ID	701
Images	No image in database
Grid Ref	ST7899
Project type	Excavation
County	Gloucestershire
Site	Uley
Site Name	West Hill
Site Type	Religious
Location Type	Temple
Context	Ploughsoil
Context Quality	1
Site Date	IA-C7
Context Date	Post-medieval/modern
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Location	British Museum
Ref No	1978,0102.23
M/F	M/F
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Uncertain
Aliases	Cupid, Victory
Bearded	No
Attributes	Yes
Attribute description	Wing
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Condition	Wing only
Classical	1
Quality	High
Photo	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Height	0.00
Length	0.00
Parallels	Fleischer 1967, no 92+120; Rolland 1965, no 116
References	Ellison and Henig 1978, 369, pl LXXIIIb; Henig 1993, 100, fig 88, no 1 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	of exceptional quality. . .As the back was left plain, it cannot be part of an eagle with pinions displayed, but must be the right wing on a Cupid or Victory, both of which hold their wings close together. The bold modelling of the feathers is a feature found in the Victory of Brescia and other works of Flavian art, but it is equally characteristic of wings cast and carved in the Antonine period, ranging from those of the Genius on the base of the column of Antoninus Pius to quite small bronzes (1978, 369) possibly deliberately broken off as an ex-voto. (1993, 100) wings as ex votos - Matagne-la-Grande (Henig).