| ID | 877 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | SO3700 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Monmouthshire |
| Site | Usk |
| Site Type | Military |
| Location Type | Fortress |
| Context | Pit 1 |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | AD C1 |
| Context Date | pre-Flavian |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | banqueter (876) |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Elderly |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mars? |
| Bearded | Yes |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Helmet |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Helmet and breastplate |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Poor |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised |
| Photo | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 66.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1973, 71 no 119 and 120; Esperandieu and Rolland 1959, 46 pl XXVII no. 70 |
| References | Manning, Price and Webster 1995, 49-50, fig. 17 no 3 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Manning - Bronze bust on a broken shaft; in poor condition. The bust depicts an elderly bearded figure, perhaps Mars, apparently wearing a helmet an breastplate, with shoulder pieces. The head is inclined slightly to one side and the arms consist of rounded knobs. The modelling of the rear of the bust is sketchy. The shaft , of rectangular cross-section, tapers. It is plain save for a phallus part way down its length. |
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