ID | 859 |
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Images | |
Grid Ref | SU1460 |
Project type | Metal detector |
County | Wiltshire |
Site | Wilcot |
Site Type | Unknown |
Location Type | Unknown |
Context | Unknown |
Context Quality | 1 |
Site Date | Unknown |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Other finds from site | 1st-4th c coins, no 860 |
Location | Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes |
Ref No | DZSWS: 1993.530 |
M/F | Female |
Age | Youth |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Deity |
Name | Venus |
Bearded | No |
Standing/Seated | Standing |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Condition | Head and hands missing, slightly corroded and worn, base crushed |
Classical | 1 |
Quality | Classical 3 or Stylised 1 |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | No |
Height | 59.00 |
Length | 0.00 |
Parallels | Colchester (Lindgren 1980, pl 35); Menzel 1986, no 102 and 105 |
References | Henig 1994, 142, fig. 1 [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | She has a lithe body and long legs, the right leg slightly bent at the knee. Her lower left arm is held horizontal to the body; her upper arm is raised. The head and hands are missing and the figurine has suffered from surface corrosion; the low base on which she stands is crushed (Henig). |
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