Figurines Data

ID	31
Images
Grid Ref	TF3133
Project type	Chance
County	Lincolnshire
Site	Lincoln
Site Name	Foss Dyke
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Unknown
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	1
Object Date	C2-3
Object Period	3
Material	Bronze
Import	Maybe
Place of manufacture	Britain?
Location	British Museum
Ref No	OA.248
M/F	Male
Age	Youth
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Mars
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Headgear	Helmet
Attributes	Missing
Attribute description	Spear and sword?
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Condition	Good
Classical	1
Quality	Classical 3
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	250.00
Length	0.00
References	Pitts 1979, no 17, pl 7; Toynbee 1964, 66, 1962, no 16; British Museum 1964, 54; Green 1976, 203, pl II f; RIB 274; Lindgren 1980, 107, pl 77; Anon 1803, 273-4 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Also very probably the work of a continental, probably Gaulish, sculptor, but much more obviously provincial in its top-heavy proportions, sharply twisted torso, and singularly unidealised cast of countenance, is the hollow-cast statuette from the Foss Dyke, Lincolnshire. . Here Mars wears a helmet with an enormous, flaunting crest upon his flowing, curly hair. The base carries an inscription to the effect that the figure was dedicated to Mars and the emperor's divine power by the Colasuni, Bruccius, and Caratius, and made by the aerius Celatus. The dedicators have what would seem to be Celtic names, while the craftsman's name is Roman; and the piece may have been cast in Britain for British patrons by a visiting artist (Toynbee p66).