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| ID | 29 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL8564 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Suffolk |
| Site | Bury St Edmunds |
| Site Name | Abbeygate Street |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local? |
| Location | Ipswich Museum |
| Ref No | ISPMG 1936-244.10 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mars |
| Bearded | Yes |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Helmet |
| Attributes | Missing |
| Attribute description | Shield and spear |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Military kilt and breastplate |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Lower right leg missing; slightly worn |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 115.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Kaufmann-Heinimann 1977, no 15; Boucher 1973, no 94 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 15; Green 1976, 214, pl II a [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Helmet with large double crest. Stands leaning slightly to the left. Left leg slightly bent at knee and splayed to the left. Small foot, toes depicted. Right arm raised, hand clasped around missing spear or sword. Left arm at side, mitten hand, probably held a shield. Clothing quite detailed. Bushy beard forms a collar around the neck, moustache, face rather flat. Nicely detailed piece but the execution (face, small foot, mitten hand) betray the provincial origin. Proportions not quite right. |
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