| ID | 1185 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TR3260 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Kent |
| Site | Richborough |
| Site Type | Military |
| Location Type | Fort |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Date | C1-2 |
| Object Period | 2 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Ashmolean Museum |
| Ref No | AN1982.1121 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Vulcan |
| Bearded | Yes |
| Standing/Seated | Seated |
| Headgear | Pileus |
| Attributes | Missing |
| Attribute description | Hammer |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 145.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Prototype | Statue by Alkamenes end C5 BC |
| Parallels | Boucher 1973, no. 182 |
| References | Henig and Wilkins 1982, 119-24 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Seated with left forearm resting on knee and right arm raised. Well modelled; fingers and toes depicted. Solid, heavy figure. Head tilted to the left. Curly beard and hair in two rows around face, hair quite long at rear. Face rather triangular, narrows at top, broad nose. |
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