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| ID | 76 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3281 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London |
| Site Name | Royal Exchange |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Museum of London |
| Ref No | A17713 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Hercules |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Lionskin and ?snakes |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 112.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1969, no 24 and 1973, no 12; Rolland 1965, no 86; Leibundgut 1976, 182; Lebel 1961, nos 80-5 |
| References | Pitts 1979, 61 no 58, pl 4; Green 1976, 224, no 66; Bird 2008, 137 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Fairly basic details of face and musculature but effective piece. Proportions not quite right as the torso is short in relation to the legs. Toes indicated by light groves, fingers slightly better depicted. Bird suggests the objects in his hands could be snakes. |
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