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| ID | 338 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SU6462 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Hampshire |
| Site | Silchester |
| Site Type | Civitas capital |
| Location Type | Insula XXXIV |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 2 |
| Object Date | L C2-3? |
| Object Period | 3 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Silvered eyes? |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local? |
| Location | Reading Museum |
| Ref No | REDMG 03649 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Venus |
| Bearded | No |
| Headgear | Diadem |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Head only. Slightly worn and corroded |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 2 or 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 38.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Babelon and Blanchet 1895, no 264 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 222, pl 29; Green 1976, 195, no 19; Lindgren 1980, 86-7, pl 57; Toynbee 1964, 83, n.9ii [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Head broken at neck (break worn). Nicely modelled, left side of face and nose slightly corroded. Eyes quite deep sockets. Wavy hair with central parting frames face, bun at nape of neck. The back of the head is smooth - no hair depicted. Diadem with double moulding. Hair and diadem quite overpowering of the face. From a good quality piece. Neck hollow but head solid. |
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