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ID	135
Images
Grid Ref	TL5380
Project type	Chance
County	Cambridgeshire
Site	Ely
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Unknown
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	0
Object Date	C2
Object Period	2
Material	Bronze
Import	No
Place of manufacture	Local
Location	Cambridge University Museum
Ref No	1922.692
M/F	Female
Age	Youth
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Venus Pudica
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Headgear	Headdress
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Condition	Good, slightly worn, fingers of right hand damaged.
Classical	1
Quality	Stylised 1
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	109.00
Length	0.00
Parallels	Bieber 1961, fig 30; Menzel 1966, no78; Rolland 1965, no 75; Boucher 1973, no176; Faider-Feytmans 1957, no 68; Fleischer 1967, nos 79, 82+84
References	Pitts 1979, no115; Toynbee 1964, 83; Green 1976, 211; Lindgren 1980, 76-7, pl 39; Heichelheim 1937, 61, pl IIIe [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Nude female standing with weight on left leg, right beside it but bent and raised slightly. Left hand placed to cover genitalia. Right arm at side, bent at elbow with forearm outstretched and hand open. Fairly basic depiction of form, actually better to the rear and sides than the front. Fingers and toes depicted. Very small round breasts with raised nipples. Very crudely depicted face with almost no mouth, wedge nose and almond-shaped incised eyes. Hair in a bun at the nape of the neck. Headdress a band around head incised with cross-hatching, and a raised section on top of the head from which two notches have been cut at the rear. Rather nice piece let down by the poor facial features.