[Link to Bibliography]
| ID | 11 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3280 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London |
| Site Name | River Thames at London Bridge |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Date | C1-2 |
| Object Period | 2 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Found with 4 other figurines (4, 9, 10, 12) |
| Import | Maybe |
| Place of manufacture | Gaul, Mediterranean |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1856,0701.14 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Apollo |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Plectrum, missing lyre? |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing left forearm and lower legs; some corrosion |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 112.50 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Pitts 1979, no 8; Boucher 1973, no 20; Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1969, no 3; Menzel 1960, no 3 |
| References | Smith 1840, pl VIII, 1859, 68; Toynbee 1964, 68; Pitts 1979, no 5, pl 6; Green 1976, 223, no 35 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Nude male stands looking down and to the right. Well modelled figure with great attention to detail (fingers, face). Elaborate hair, falling in long ringlets across shoulders and down back. The hair is tied back on the nape of the neck and on the crown of the head. |
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