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| ID | 1123 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TG2038 |
| Project type | Metal detector |
| County | Norfolk |
| Site | Felbrigg |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Norwich Castle Museum |
| Ref No | NWHCM 1999.122.1 |
| M/F | Male |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Priapus |
| Aliases | Attis |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Short tunic |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Worn, no details of face remain, feet and arms missing |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 60.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Leibundgut 1980, no. 27; Faider-Feytmans 1979, pl. 35 no. 58 |
| References | Gurney 1999, 362; Norfolk HER 33827 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Standing male with short tunic pulled up to show genitalia. The chest is pinched in and the tunic flares out at the sides. Henig suggests that it is not Attis but Priapus, but he doesn't lean back like many Priapic figures. |
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