ID | 84 |
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Images | |
Grid Ref | TL9925 |
Project type | Unknown |
County | Essex |
Site | Colchester |
Site Type | Colonia |
Location Type | Unknown |
Context | Unknown |
Context Quality | 0 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Import | No |
Place of manufacture | Local |
Location | Colchester Castle Museum |
Ref No | COLEM 1947.296 |
M/F | Male |
Age | Youth |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Deity |
Name | Hercules |
Bearded | No |
Standing/Seated | Standing |
Headgear | Headdress? |
Attributes | Yes |
Attribute description | Lionskin and club |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Condition | Good, base of lionskin broken. |
Classical | 1 |
Quality | Stylised 1 |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | No |
Height | 74.50 |
Length | 0.00 |
References | Pitts 1979, no 66, pl 16; Toynbee 1964, 73; Green 1976, 216 no 16, pl Vhi; Heichelheim 1937, 53, pl Iid [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | Stands with weight on right foot, left foot forward - a strong stance. Left hand clenched around object, lionskin draped over forearm. Mitten hands. Right arm curves up (no definition of elbow) to hold club which is joined to the back of the head. Forearm thick and hand not differentiated from club. Usual provincial style with dimples for nipples and belly button. Basic depiction of musculature. Short wavy hair, in a peak at the front which Pitts suggests could be a headdress. Eyes not level (left lower), no chin. Proportions not too bad, neck quite long and thick. |
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