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ID	101
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Grid Ref	TL5043
Project type	Chance
County	Essex
Site	Great Chesterford
Site Type	Small town
Location Type	Unknown
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	1
Site Date	C2-4
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Import	No
Place of manufacture	Local
Location	Cambridge University Museum
Ref No	1948.957
M/F	Male
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	River god
Bearded	Yes
Standing/Seated	Reclining
Attributes	Missing
Attribute description	Perhaps missing a conch or patera from right hand
Clothed	No
Drapery	Yes
Drapery description	Draped across lower body
Condition	Worn and corroded; missing right hand.
Classical	1
Quality	Classical 2
Photo	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Height	815.00
Length	118.00
Parallels	Fleischer 1967, no 145A; Toynbee 1962, no 30
References	Pitts 1979, no 81, pl 14; Toynbee 1964, 88, pl XXb; Green 1976, 211; Braybrooke 1860, 124-5; Hull 1963, 84 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	\'a pleasant little work, classical in style and type, but with a touch of Celtic fire in the wild eyes, flaring hair, and rippling beard' (Toynbee). Figure reclines against a couch with left arm on the armrest and his head resting in his left hand. Right arm raised. Legs bent at knees and left ankle crossed over right. Quite small feet. Drapery across the legs but the genitalia exposed emphasising his role as a fertility god. Drapery has quite thick coarse folds, which are very regular from the knees to the ankles at the front. Torso corroded but the musculature was depicted. Heavily bearded and moustached with long shaggy hair. Back hollow so only to be seen from the front. Figure sits on circular pedestal base.