Figurines Data

ID	783
Images	No image in database
Grid Ref	SY8396
Project type	Unknown
County	Dorset
Site	Bere Regis
Site Name	Roke Farm
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Unknown
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	0
Object Date	Iron Age
Object Period	-1
Material	Bronze
Import	Perhaps
Place of manufacture	Gaul or Britain
Location	Unknown
M/F	Male
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Mars?
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Clothed	Yes
Clothing description	Tunic
Drapery	No
Condition	Missing feet and right hand
Classical	0
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	69.00
Length	0.00
Parallels	Boucher 1976, 41, pl 12 #56
References	Henig 1992, 186-7, pl 2 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	\'a male figure wearing a tunic of Italic type and perhaps holding some indeterminate object in his left hand, though the modelling is poor here; his right arm appears to be broken off at the wrist. His head is mask-like with hair brushed forward above small eyes; he has a snout-like nose, below which is a very short, narrow slit serving as a mouth. Projections on either side of the his head presumably represent ears. The back of the figurine is without detail apart from the ridge of the tunic continuing round and it was clearly intended that the bronze should be viewed from the front' (Henig).