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| ID | 150 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL9925 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Name | North Hill |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Colchester Castle Museum |
| Ref No | COLEM 1924.4677 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Dioscurus |
| Aliases | Attis; Jupiter Dolichenus |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Phrygian cap |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Worn, missing feet. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 62.50 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Wroxeter (no. 408); Canterbury (no. 641) |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 131; Harris and Harris 1965, 102; Green 1976, 216 no 4 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Arms bent with hands (which are not really depicted) at armpits. Stands with weight on right leg, left forward. Groove around hip. Head turned to right. Not much of face remaining. Uncertain identity. |
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