Figurines Data

ID	753
Images
Grid Ref	TL2433
Project type	Excavation
County	Hertfordshire
Site	Baldock
Site Name	Ashwell
Site Type	Rural
Location Type	Shrine
Context	Hoard
Context Quality	3
Site Date	C1-4
Context Date	C3-4
Object Period	0
Material	Silver
Other finds from site	Hoard contained silver and gold plaques, coins, votive arms; base found near hoard
Location	British Museum
Ref No	2003,0901.1
M/F	Female
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Senuna Minerva
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Attributes	No
Attribute description	Missing?
Clothed	Yes
Drapery	Yes
Drapery description	Over left arm
Condition	Corroded, missing feet, face, arms below elbows and most of front
Classical	1
Quality	Classical 2
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	147.70
Length	0.00
Parallels	Exeter (753)
References	Fitzpatrick 2006, 411-12; Tomlin 2005, 489; Jackson 2004, 10-11; Jackson and Burleigh 2007, 37-54, fig. 5.2 and 3 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	A high-quality hollow silver figurine of a standing woman dressed in a full-length garment, her left shoulder bare and her left arm supporting a fold of drapery. . . The back preserves the fine modelling of the drapery and the hair, which is parted on the crown and formed into a bun on the nape of the neck (Jackson 2007). Possibly made as a Fortuna. Found nearby was a base inscribed To the goddess Senuna, Flavia Cunoris paid her vow, willingly, deservedly