| ID | 1040 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TL9924 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Name | St Mary's Hospital |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Temple 10 |
| Context | Demolition L113 |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Context Date | C1-2 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Caducei (1038-1039), Mercury (1041) priestess (1042) |
| Location | Colchester Archaeological Trust |
| Ref No | SF 1871 |
| Form | Votive |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mercury |
| Bearded | No |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Caduceus |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Shaft bent and broken |
| Classical | 1 |
| Photo | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 61.00 |
| Parallels | Uley (707; La Plaine de Biere, Belgium (de Boe 1982, fig 9+10, 40, a-b) |
| References | Crummy 2006, 60 and 67, fig. 29 no 3 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Wire caduceus of 'tuning fork' type, shaft bent and twisted. |
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