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| ID | 85 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL9925 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Colchester Castle Museum |
| Ref No | COLEM 1947.295 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Hercules |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Lionskin, missing club |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Lower right arm missing from just above elbow. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 103.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 67, pl 4; Toynbee 1964, 73; Green 1976, 216 no 17, pl Viaii; Heichelheim 1937, 53, pl Iic [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Very stylised lionskin over left arm. Ring and dot nipples, crescent belly button. Groove down back. Left leg bent and forward. Attempt at modelling not very successful. Crude face, incised cap hair. Small genitalia, incised pubic hair. Left hand simply a rectangle with fingers incised on rear but nothing on the front. |
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