| ID | 408 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | SJ5709 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Shropshire |
| Site | Wroxeter |
| Site Type | Military |
| Location Type | Fortress |
| Context | Demolition layer |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | C1 |
| Context Date | Late C1 |
| Object Date | C1 BC/AD |
| Object Period | 1 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | Yes |
| Place of manufacture | Italy? |
| Location | Wroxeter |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Dioscurus |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Pileus |
| Attributes | Missing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Corroded, hands missing. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | High |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Colchester (no. 150); Tongeren (de Boe 1981); Canterbury (no. 641); Babelon and Blanchet 1895, 299, no 687 |
| References | Henig and Webster 2002, 104-5, fig 4.8; Henig, Webster & Wilkins 1987, 360-2; Frere 1986, 391 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stands with left leg in front of right. Arms raised to chest, bent at elbows. More in Henig. |
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