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ID	987
Images
Grid Ref	TG4006
Project type	Metal detector
County	Norfolk
Site	Beighton
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Unknown
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	1
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Location	Norwich Castle Museum
Ref No	NMS-1CFD67
M/F	Male
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Mars
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Headgear	Helmet
Clothed	Yes
Clothing description	Tunic and cuirass
Drapery	No
Condition	Missing lower left arm and right foot; worn, no details of face remain
Classical	1
Quality	Classical 3 or Stylised 1
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	142.00
Length	0.00
References	HER 51861; PAS database. [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Romano British copper alloy statuette of Mars. The deity is standing with an outstretched right arm, the left being broken a little above the elbow. The right hand would originally most likely have held a spear. He wears a cuirass (with two rows of scale pteruges below) over a knee-length tunic and a large, high-crested helmet. The straight right leg is broken just above the ankle, the left is complete and bent slightly backwards. The modelling of the figure is of reasonable quality; the legs are somewhat crude but the torso and the details of cuirass and drapery are better. There is heavy accretion to the upper part of the statuette which obscures the appearance of, for example, the face and right arm and hand. This is a large statuette for its type and the weight in hand suggests a highly leaded copper alloy as indeed does the colour of the metal on a scuffed area on the figurine.s backside. The quality of the piece, of competent though not excellent workmanship, suggests an insular, Romano-British workshop (PAS).
PAS id	NMS-1CFD67