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ID 441
Images No image in database
Grid Ref TL6679
Project type Chance
County Suffolk
Site Mildenhall
Site Name Kenny Hill
Site Type Unknown
Location Type Unknown
Context Unknown
Context Quality 0
Object Date C1-3
Object Period 3
Material Bronze
Secondary Material Eyes inlaid with blue enamel
Import No
Place of manufacture Local
Location Ashmolean Museum
Ref No AN1927.564
M/F Male
Age Youth
Form Figurine
Type Deity
Name Attis
Bearded No
Headgear Phrygian cap
Clothed No
Drapery No
Condition Good but head only and some corrosion
Classical 1
Quality Classical 3
Photo Yes
Illustration No
Height 55.00
Length 0.00
Parallels Fleischer 1967, no 133; Boucher 1973, no 24; Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1969, no 5
References Pitts 1979, no 227, pl 29; Toynbee 1964, 92, 1962, no 39; Green 1976, 213; Anon 1892, 155; Fox 1911, 314
[Link to Bibliography]
Description Curly hair in 2 rows of curls frames the face beneath the cap. Almond shaped eyes, strong wedge nose and downwards turned mouth. Quite well-modelled.


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