Figurines Data

ID	642
Images	No image in database
Grid Ref	SY6399
Project type	Excavation
County	Dorset
Site	Dorchester
Site Name	Greyhound Yard
Site Type	Civitas capital
Location Type	Building 5433
Context	Layer in courtyard
Context Quality	3
Site Date	C1-4
Context Date	Late C4
Object Period	0
Material	Lead
Location	Dorset County Museum
M/F	Female
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Minerva
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Headgear	Helmet
Attributes	Yes
Attribute description	Helmet, aegis, shield and spear
Clothed	Yes
Drapery	No
Condition	Corroded
Classical	1
Quality	Stylised
Photo	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Height	80.00
Length	0.00
Parallels	Wallsend, Wroxeter, Bavai (Chew 1990/1991)
References	Henig 1987a, 376-7, pl XXXVIIIc; Henig 1993, 131-2, fig 72 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Portable shrine (aedicula) - inside the shrine is a figure of Minerva, almost 2-dimensional though her face and the peak of her helmet are more fully rounded. She is on a stand which is luted into place through a hole in the base of the aedicula.. Minerva stands fully frontal, probably wearing her aegis though this part of the image is indistinct because of corrosion. In her right hand she supports a lozenge-shaped shield and in her left a spear with its point downwards (Henig, 376)