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| ID | 57 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SP9955 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Bedfordshire |
| Site | Pavenham |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Site Date | Unknown |
| Context Date | Unknown |
| Object Period | 9 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Verulamium Museum |
| Ref No | SAMBM: 80.1404 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Unknown |
| Aliases | Mercury |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Other | Torc |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | ?purse |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Worn, some damage to rear of head, feet missing. |
| Classical | 0 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 58.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Blandford Forum (BM 1923, 0306.10) |
| References | Pitts 1979, #41; Green 1976, 180 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | The figure pictured here is in Verulamium Museum (80.1404) but matches the description of the figure from Pavenham which Green lists as from Bedford. Bedford Museum was contacted but whether they also have a figure matching this description is not certain. Another figurine like this is in the British Museum with a collection of imported (Egyptian and Etruscan) figurines, thus it is unlikely to be Romano-British. Stands with arms at sides; ithyphallic. Facial features worn but crudely depicted. |
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