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ID 463
Images No image in database
Grid Ref TQ6172
Project type Excavation
County Kent
Site Springhead
Site Type Religious
Location Type Temple ditch site
Context Stratum C
Context Quality 3
Context Date mid C2
Object Period 0
Material Bronze
Other finds from site 3rd-4th c coins (Valens and Valnetinian)
Form Figurine
Type Unknown
Name Unknown
Bearded No
Clothed No
Drapery No
Condition Hand only
Classical 1
Photo Yes
Illustration No
Height 0.00
Length 42.00
References Pitts 1979, no 266; Green 1976, 228, no 4; Penn 1964, 185, no 14, pl Ia; Merrifield 1977, 389, pl 17 III d
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Description Clasped hand. 'Hole' between thumb and fingers; underside roughly finished; three filled dowel holes in wrist suggestive of ancient repair; broken off at wrist (Pitts p107) would have held spear, sceptre or similar


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