| ID | 762 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TL8238 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Gestingthorpe |
| Site Name | Hill Farm |
| Site Type | Rural |
| Location Type | Building 1 |
| Context | Gully 2a |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | C1-4 |
| Context Date | C3/4? |
| Object Date | C3-4? |
| Object Period | 4 |
| Material | Fired clay |
| Other finds from site | Early 4th c coins; ivory Cupid casket fitting, model lead and bronze objects |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Britain |
| Location | Landowner (HP Cooper) |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Bacchus |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Ivy |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Fragmentary |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised |
| Photo | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 370.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Hutchinson 1986, 196; Frere 1970, 266-7, pl XXVIII; Tylecote and Biek 1985, 64, fig. 38, no. 428-431 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Investment mould fragments showing the torso and thighs of a male and an ivy leaf wreath. |
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