Figurines Data

ID	421
Images	No image in database
Grid Ref	TG2427
Project type	Chance
County	Norfolk
Site	Felmingham
Site Name	Felmingham Hall
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Hoard
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	1
Context Date	C3
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Other finds from site	Hoard in pot
Location	British Museum
Ref No	1925,0610
M/F	Male
Age	Mature
Form	Mount
Type	Deity
Name	Helioserapis?
Aliases	Sol, Jupiter
Bearded	Yes
Attributes	Yes
Attribute description	Crescent moon
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Classical	0
Photo	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Height	58.00
Length	0.00
Parallels	Thealby, Lincoln (Ross 1992, 95)
References	Green 1976, 205, pl XXII d; Fox 1889, 360; British Museum 1964, 60; Haverfield 1901a, 307-9; Gilbert 1978, 165, fig. 3C, pl. Va; Toynbee 1964, 65 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Gilbert - head of a heliotrope. a male face on a medallion-shaped backing. From this medallion project four rays in various directions and on the top of the head is a crescent. The hair is a mass of deeply cut curls which progress round the chin to form the beard and to which the moustache also joins. The end of the neck is cleanly cut and finished so there is little possibility that this could have been fixed to a staff or stand of any sort. It is more likely that it was intended to stand free on an altar or shrine along with other votive objects. . . The figure is obviously intended to portray a sun god, or a god of the heavens, with the crescent representing the moon. Toynbee suggests it is syncretised head of Jupiter in a provincial manner