| ID | 818 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | ST5562 |
| Project type | Metal detector |
| County | Somerset |
| Site | Chew Stoke |
| Site Name | Pagans Hill |
| Site Type | Religious |
| Location Type | near temple? |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Site Date | C3-4 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local? |
| Location | Unknown |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Lar Familiaris |
| Aliases | Bacchus |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | grapes |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | tunic |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Drapery description | appears to be draped in photograph |
| Condition | missing right hand and lower left leg |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Naive |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 75.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Boucher 1976, 143; Uley |
| References | Rahtz and Watts 1989, 346, pl. XVB [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | youth, wears tunic, holds grapes in left hand. Could be Bacchus or Lar familiaris but without cornucopia and the tunic is long and not fastened at the waist (Rahtz). Hard to tell as photograph poor. |
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