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| ID | 512 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | ST5689 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Gloucestershire, South |
| County Previously | Avon |
| Site | Aust |
| Site Name | Severn foreshore |
| Site Type | Rural |
| Location Type | Settlement |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | -1 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Inset eyes |
| Other finds from site | Found near figure 1170 |
| Import | No |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | P1986,1106.1 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mother Goddess? |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Possible headdress |
| Attributes | No |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Slightly worn |
| Classical | 0 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 112.20 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Dawson 1980, 40-1 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stylised figure with long narrow torso. Arms at side. Pedestal leg with central perforation. Large buttocks. Face crude with deep eye sockets, long nose and slit mouth. Moulding extends from right side of head, decorated with parallel incisions, could be headdress. Small raised breasts. |
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