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| ID | 1147 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | ST6075 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Bristol |
| Site | Bristol |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Site Date | Unknown |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Cambridge University Museum |
| Ref No | 1921.1030 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Hercules |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Lionskin |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Lionskin and club |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Slightly worn |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 115.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Sutton (90) |
| References | Heichelheim 1937, 53 pl. Iia; Toynbee 1964, 74 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | No real musculature on torso. Right arm short, holds club that extends behind the head and is joined to it. Herringbone incisions on top of club. Wears lion skin head as a hood, stylised paws on the chest. Lionskin draped over left forearm. Poor facial features. Back of head and left shoulder where lionskin is draped are flat. Leans to the left. |
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