[Link to Bibliography]
| ID | 12 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3280 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London |
| Site Name | River Thames at London Bridge |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Found with 4 other figurines (4, 9-11) |
| Import | Maybe |
| Location | British Museum |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Attis |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Phrygian cap |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Fruit |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Short tunic, trousers (bracae) open at front and buttoned from knees to ankles, shoes |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 2 or 3 |
| Photo | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Menzel 1966, no 58a; Esperandieu and Rolland 1959, pl. XXVII, no. 68 |
| References | Smith 1840, pl VIII, 1859, 69; Pitts 1979, no 130; Toynbee 1964, 92; Green 1976, 222, no 19 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Youth standing with trousers which are open at the front to expose his genitals, but buttoned from knee to ankle. Holds cornucopia in left hand and grapes in right. |
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