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ID 484
Images    
Grid Ref TQ3079
Project type Unknown
County Greater London
Site London?
Site Type Unknown
Location Type Unknown
Context Unknown
Context Quality 0
Object Period 9
Material Bronze
Location Museum of London
Ref No G24110
M/F Male
Form Figurine
Type Human
Name Unknown
Bearded No
Standing/Seated Standing
Clothed No
Drapery No
Condition Missing lower legs
Classical 1
Photo Yes
Illustration No
Height 55.00
Length 0.00
Parallels Fleischer 1967, no 210; Richardson 1983, pl 2 fig 8 (Arezzo) and pl 40 fig 157 (Bologna); Cristofani 1985, 1.2 and 7.1; Lindisfarne?
References Pitts 1979, no 289
[Link to Bibliography]
Description \'Pin' man, thin legs of which the lower parts are lost, square shoulders; arms down to hips leaving holes between them and body; ithyphallic; smooth crown of head; wedge nose; eyes represented by holes (Pitts p111). Not Roman?


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