Only one example of Ceres, a goddess of agriculture, has been identified in Britain, Figurine 128 from Water Newton, Cambridgeshire, although it has also been suggested that she could be Fortuna or Persephone (Toynbee 1964, 85). She holds the base of a torch or cornucopia in each hand. The incomplete attributes contribute to the lack of certainty over her identification, and the cornucopia, in particular, is often associated with the deity Fortuna. Ceres is more commonly associated with a dish of fruit or ears or corn, which would account for the original identification of the seated figure of Isis 127 from London as Ceres.
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