| ID | 1138 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL1307 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Hertfordshire |
| Site | St.Albans |
| Site Name | Verulamium |
| Site Type | Civitas capital |
| Location Type | Insula XV |
| Context | Theatre wall robbing |
| Context Quality | 2 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Verulamium Museum |
| Ref No | SABMS 78.20 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Human |
| Name | Erotic scene |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good, slightly worn |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 36.00 |
| Length | 27.00 |
| Parallels | Verulamium (Goodburn 1984, 58 no. 217 - knife handle) |
| Description | Erotic scene with three figures. Two face each other and the third smaller figure has his back to the middle figure and sits astride a large phallus. The middle figure also sits astride the standing figure. Simple stylised depiction of figures with large chins and noses. Similar to a knife handle also found at Verulamium, but there is no slot for the blade and no indication that the object was worn as a pendant. Johns suggests that the location of both objects close to the theatre could indicate the sale of souvenirs. |
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