ID | 727 |
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Images | No image in database |
Grid Ref | TL8572 |
Project type | Metal detector |
County | Suffolk |
Site | Ingham |
Site Type | Unknown |
Location Type | Unknown |
Context | Unknown |
Context Quality | 1 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Location | Returned to finder |
Ref No | SF-177545 |
M/F | Male |
Age | Mature |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Deity |
Name | Priapus |
Bearded | Yes |
Standing/Seated | Standing |
Headgear | Pileus |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | Yes |
Drapery description | Short cloak across shoulders |
Condition | Good |
Classical | 1 |
Quality | Stylised |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Height | 60.50 |
Length | 0.00 |
References | Worrell 2005, 465, fig 16; Martin et al. 2005, 108, fig 31 A; PAS database; SAU ING010. [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | He has an oval face with close-set circular eyes, a small triangular nose, and a horizontal line representing the mouth, which is visible through a long pointed beard. The neck is broad, the shoulders narrow, and the elbows set at right angles to the body. The palms of the hands are pressed together. Covering the upper half of the body is a cloak, the folds of which are depicted with moulding and grooves. The arms are beneath the cloak and the rest of the body is naked. The legs are straight and separated by a longitudinal groove. There are transverse grooves behind the knees and the feet are disproportionately small and lacking in detail. The well-modelled and rounded buttocks protrude from beneath the upturned edge of the cloak. Extending almost to the knees are enlarged testicles with only a trace of the penis above (Worrell). |
PAS id | SF-177545 |
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