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| ID | 136 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL9925 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Date | L2nd-e3rd? |
| Object Period | 3 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | Maybe |
| Place of manufacture | Britain or Gaul |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1870,0715.1 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Venus Anadyomene |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Diadem |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Mirror (missing). |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing left foot, otherwise good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 162.50 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Silchester (142); Bokerley Dyke (335); Fleischer 1967, no 73 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 116, pl 21; Toynbee 1964, 83; Green 1976, 216, no 2; Lindgren 1980, 73-4, pl 35; British Museum 1964, 54 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stands with right leg bent slightly. Right hand raised to hold a tress of hair. Another tress is placed over the left shoulder. Left hand raised in front of breast, hand curled to hold mirror. |
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