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| ID | 414 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL9824 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Name | Royal Grammar School |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Temple IV |
| Context | Pit |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Colchester Castle Museum |
| Ref No | COLEM 1975.102 |
| M/F | Male |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Stag |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good, slightly worn. |
| Classical | 0 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 50.00 |
| Length | 37.50 |
| Parallels | Faider-Feytmans 1957, no 146; Boucher 1973, no 239 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 169; Toynbee 1964, 124; Hull 1958, 239, pl 37c; Green 1976, 217, no 70 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | A summarily treated, but alert and lively creature, was certainly votive, having been discovered in the extramural Temple IV (Toynbee). No great detail on body or face. Legs spindly. Forelegs short and curved towards rear. Rear legs together. Small pointy ears high on neck, moderately sized curving antlers on top of head. Piece will not stand on its own. Temple dedicated to Silvanus. |
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