Figurines Data

ID	133
Images
Grid Ref	TL1307
Project type	Excavation
County	Hertfordshire
Site	St Albans
Site Name	Branch Road
Site Type	Civitas capital
Location Type	Bath house
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	2
Context Date	Antonine
Object Date	C2?
Object Period	2
Material	Bronze
Import	No
Place of manufacture	Local
Location	Verulamium Museum
Ref No	SABMS 78.26
M/F	Female
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Venus
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Kneeling
Headgear	Diadem
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Condition	Corroded; missing lower right leg from knee, left hand and foot. Face worn and features barely visible, especially on the left side.
Classical	1
Quality	Classical 3
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	62.00
Length	0.00
Parallels	Bieber 1961, fig 395, 606+7; Lebel 1961, no 60
References	Pitts 1979, no 113; Toynbee 1964, 83; Green 1976, 207, no 15?; Lindgren 1980, 779-80, no 44; Page 1914, 137, pl XI [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Bending down to adjust sandal on left foot. Right leg straight, but seated with left leg bent and left arm ?leaning against an object Left arm outstretched, forearm rests along the thigh and hand is on the left ankle. Head tilted to the right.. Long torso, chest and shoulders narrow, very small breasts. Arms too thin are basically long sticks with no definition. The right arm is very long and tapers to a hand on which, surprisingly, the fingers are depicted. The arms are much worse than the rest of the body modelling.