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| ID | 859 |
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| Images |
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| 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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