Figurines Data

ID	90
Images
Grid Ref	TL4479
Project type	Chance
County	Cambridgeshire
Site	near Ely
Site Name	Sutton
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Unknown
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	0
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Location	Cambridge University Museum
Ref No	1922.693
M/F	Male
Age	Youth
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Hercules
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Headgear	Lionskin
Attributes	Yes
Attribute description	Lionskin
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Condition	Missing right arm below elbow, slightly worn but otherwise good
Classical	1
Quality	Classical 3
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	110.00
Length	0.00
Parallels	Menzel 1966, no 58, Faider-Feytmans 1957, no 47; Leibundgut 1976, nos 183+185; Richter 1915, no 161; Boucher 1971, no24; Kaufmann-Heinimann 1977, no 47
References	Pitts 1979, no. 72; Toynbee 1964, 74; Green 1976, 211, pl Vic; Heichelheim 1937, 52, pl II [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Stands with left leg forward and slightly bent at knee. Right arm raised, presumably hand held club. Left arm out to side, hand clenched - ?to hold object. Lionskin is over the head as a hood which is tied at the front under the chin and the paws lie against his chest. The skin falls back to his shoulders then is swept across to the left, wound over the left forearm and falls to the rear. Incised grooves decorate the lionskin. On the hood the eyes and rather pointed ears are shown. Basic musculature shown, proportions not bad. Fairly finely featured face. Nice piece. Not expertly executed but a good and interesting attempt.