| ID | 43 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TL9722 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Name | Gosbecks Farm |
| Site Type | Religious |
| Location Type | Temple |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Site Date | mid C2-4 |
| Object Date | Late C2? |
| Object Period | 2 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Enamelled eyes |
| Import | Yes |
| Place of manufacture | Gaul |
| Location | Colchester Castle Museum |
| Ref No | COLEM 1948.2 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mercury |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Head wings |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing arms but otherwise good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 525.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Menzel 1966, no 8; Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1969, no 52; Leibundgut 1976, no 13 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 30, pl 12; Toynbee 1964, 72-3, 1962, 21; Hull 1958, 264; Green 1976, 214; Lindgren 1980, 52, pl 10; Anon 1948, 91; Clarke 1967, 25, pl 27; Hull 1951, 43-6; Toynbee 1955-8, 12, pl IV [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | The attitude of the figure (looking down and slightly to the left) and expression suggest it was part of a group and engaged in conversation (Toynbee 1955-8) graceful and skillfully modelled bronze (Toynbee 1964, 73) |
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