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| ID | 139 |
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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 | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Colchester Castle Museum |
| Ref No | COLEM 2003.203 and 1936.902 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Venus |
| Aliases | Mother Goddess |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Seated |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Mirror? |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing lower left arm and feet, corroded and worn. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 65.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 119, pl 21; Green 1976, 216, no 13, pl 13d; Colchester and Essex Museum Report for the year ending 31st March 1937, 19 pl. Xb [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Purchased, said to have been found in Colchester. Odd and poorly executed piece. Nude seated female. Right hand rests on thigh and holds a flat circular object, possibly a mirror. Leans back. Slightly pot belly. Face has chubby round cheeks, long nose, hair in a roll. Rounded shoulders. |
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