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| ID | 122 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3079 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London? |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Museum of London |
| Ref No | 01991 |
| M/F | Female |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Minerva |
| Aliases | Matrona, Vesta |
| Bearded | No |
| Attributes | Missing |
| Attribute description | Spear and shield |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Peplos |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Condition | Missing head and right arm |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 42.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Fleischer 1967, no 28; Boucher 1973, no 155-9; Menzel 1966, no 60+61; Faider-Feytmans 1979, no. 75, pl. 44 |
| References | Pitts 1979, 71 no 102 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Simple rendering, deep grooves represent drapery, particularly below the waist. Large right hand like a mitten. Proportions not right as the shoulders are broad the waist long and narrow. Hole drilled through vertically - not original? Two broad bands of drapery wrapped around from left shoulder to waist with second lightly lower reaching to the right knee. Could she have held a shield? The angle appears wrong. |
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