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| ID | 131 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3280 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London |
| Site Name | London Bridge |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Date | C2-3 |
| Object Period | 3 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | Maybe |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1873,0602.61 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Venus Anadyomene |
| Aliases | Minerva |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Diadem |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Slightly worn;, missing lower right arm |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 67.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Bieber 1961, fig 37, 390-1; Rolland 1965, no 78; Fleischer 1967, no 73; Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1973, no 30 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 111, pl 21; Toynbee 1964, 83; Green 1976, 224, no 72; Lindgren 1980, 74-5, pl 36; RCHM London 1928, 66 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Feet and hands mitten style, but some attention has been given to the hair, facial features and body. The legs are slightly too long. A lock of hair lies along the right shoulder. |
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