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| ID | 141 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SP5312 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Oxfordshire |
| Site | Woodeaton |
| Site Type | Religious |
| Location Type | Shrine |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Site Date | C1-5 |
| Object Date | C2-3 |
| Object Period | 3 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | Maybe |
| Location | Ashmolean Museum |
| Ref No | 1896-1908.R102 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Venus |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Seated |
| Attributes | No |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 112.50 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Boucher 1973, no 179; Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1969, no 371+54 (for facial features) |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 121, pl 20: Toynbee 1964, 83; Green 1976, 177; Lindgren 1980, 78-9, pl 42; Bagnall Smith 1995, 179; Kirk 1949, 31, pl IV A [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Lindgren suggests continental origin based on the facial styling with similarity to several from the Netherlands however Toynbee says 'of a very peculiar form and of definitely local style is the seated Venus from Woodeaton with the arms bent across the body, circular eyes, a wedge-shaped nose, and a crooked mouth' |
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