Figurines Data

ID	340
Images
Grid Ref	SU0061
Project type	Chance
County	Wiltshire
Site	Devizes
Site Name	Southbroom
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Hoard
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	0
Object Date	L C3-e4?
Object Period	4
Material	Bronze
Other finds from site	See 334
Import	No
Place of manufacture	Local
Location	British Museum
Ref No	1811,0309.7
M/F	Female
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Minerva
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Headgear	Helmet
Attributes	Yes
Attribute description	Shield and spear
Clothed	Yes
Clothing description	Tunic
Drapery	No
Condition	Missing below knees, slightly worn, some pitting.
Classical	1
Quality	Stylised 3
Photo	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Height	81.00
Length	0.00
References	Lindgren 1980, 91-2, pl 61; Toynbee 1964, 82; British Museum 1964, 54, no 16; Green 1976, 191; Boon 1973a, taf 58, no 8 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Stands with right arm bent at elbow. Holds spear with narrow shaft, the top is broken and the base rests against the right thigh. The left hand holds the tip of a shield, the base of which rests against the left thigh. The shield is flat and diamond shaped with rounded edges. The fingers are coarsely grooved. The left arm is too short, the right arm awkwardly modelled. Helmet has a small crest decorated with parallel notches along the ridge. Wedge nose and almond eyes. Moulding over upper arms comes to a point over the mid chest and back - looks like a cape. Narrow torso.