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| ID | 1170 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | ST5689 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Gloucestershire, South |
| County Previously | Avon |
| Site | Aust |
| Site Name | Severn foreshore |
| Site Type | Rural |
| Location Type | Settlement |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | -1 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Glass eyes |
| Other finds from site | Samian, figure 512 found nearby. |
| Import | No |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1900,1019.1 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mother Goddess? |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Classical | 0 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 143.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Dawson 1980, 40-1; Henig 1996a, 131; Ellis 1900, 323-5 pl. VII; Stead 1984, 60; Cunliffe 2010, 472, fig. 17.23 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stylised figure with long torso which tapers to waist. Arms raised mouldings along the sides of the body from shoulder to waist. Legs are a pedestal with long perforation along the centre. Raised breasts on chest but no other details on body. Torso swells at rear to buttocks with central grouve. Features of head basic with long nose, deep eye sockets, one still with glass inset, and slit mouth. Crescentic headdress on top of head with small sockets at the base on either side where ears would be. |
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