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| ID | 1011 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL1107 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Hertfordshire |
| Site | St Albans |
| Site Name | Gorhambury |
| Site Type | Villa |
| Context | Gravel 563 |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | mid C1 - mid C4 |
| Context Date | C2 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Eagle wing (1010), lion headed studs, female head escutcheon, cockerel fitting |
| Location | Verulamium Museum |
| Ref No | SABMS 1988.1259 |
| M/F | Male |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Bacchus |
| Aliases | Satyr |
| Bearded | No |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Bunch of grapes |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | hand only |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 21.00 |
| References | Wardle 1990, 129, fig. 126 no 195 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Fragment of a figurine with a hand holding a bunch of grapes, possibly a satyr associated with the god Bacchus, or the god himself (Wardle). Leaded bronze/gunmetal (AML 811370). Hand broken just before the wrist. Nice depiction with long, thin fingers. SF 1041. |
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