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| ID | 684 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL7772 |
| Project type | Metal detector |
| County | Suffolk |
| Site | Icklingham |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Britain |
| Ref No | SAU IKL 083 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mars |
| Aliases | Hercules |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Pointed hood/helmet |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Missing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Frere 1984, 307; CBA Group VI Bulletin 28, 48; Martin et al. 1982, 157 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Standing nude male awkwardly posed with right arm raised to hold object (spear or club?) and left out to side. Very stylised depiction, with coarse facial features (slit eyes and mouth) and musculature. Proportions wrong with long torso, oversized arms and shoulders. Unusual pointed hood on head, probably meant to be a helmet. Presumably a locally produced piece based on a classical form such as Hercules or Mars. |
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