ID | 823 |
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Images | |
Grid Ref | TL9369 |
Project type | Metal detector |
County | Suffolk |
Site | Pakenham |
Site Type | Unknown |
Context | Excavation spoil |
Context Quality | 1 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Location | British Museum |
Ref No | 1990,0601.1 |
M/F | Male |
Age | Mature |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Deity |
Name | Priapus |
Bearded | No |
Standing/Seated | Standing |
Headgear | Headdress |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Condition | Good |
Classical | 1 |
Quality | Classical 3 |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Height | 84.00 |
Length | 0.00 |
Parallels | Haxey (864) |
References | Johns and Henig 1991, 236-9, fig. 9 and 10 [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | It depicts a youthful male figure in the form of a herm, the legs replaced by a rectangular-sectioned pillar ending in a small base. The young man leans back with his hands on his hips, and his head, turned to the right, is covered with a head-dress which at first sight looks like short, straight hair. He is ithyphallic, and the visual impact of the erect phallus is greatly emphasized by his pise. The sexual emphasis, the backward-leaning posture and the turban or head-cloth are all typical attributes of the god Priapus (Johns and Henig). |
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