ID | 997 |
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Images | No image in database |
Grid Ref | TL4493 |
Project type | Excavation |
County | Cambridgeshire |
Site | Stonea |
Site Name | Stonea Grange |
Site Type | Rural |
Location Type | Temple area |
Context | Surface find |
Context Quality | 1 |
Site Date | C1-4 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Other finds from site | Minerva handle, Minerva bust, Minerva/Mars bust, cockerel finial, 2 model axes, horse (998) |
Location | British Museum |
Ref No | 1982,0602.6 |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Deity |
Name | Unknown |
Aliases | Mars or Minerva |
Bearded | No |
Headgear | Helmet crest |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Condition | Helmet crest only. |
Classical | 1 |
Photo | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Height | 25.00 |
Length | 0.00 |
Parallels | Enns Minerva (Fleischer 1967, 44-5, pl. 23 no. 28) |
References | Jackson 1996, 350, fig. 112, no. 98 [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | A broken double crest, probably from the Corinthian helmet of a figurine or bust of Minerva or Mars. The scalloped borders and incisions on the sides indicate the feathers (Jackson). |
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