| ID | 143 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SU6462 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Hampshire |
| Site | Unprovenanced |
| Site Type | Civitas capital |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Date | Post-Roman |
| Object Period | 10 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Reading Museum |
| Ref No | REDMG 1945.S281.2 |
| M/F | Female |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Venus |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Classical | 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 74.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Faider-Feytmans 1957, no 324 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 123; Green 1976, 195, no 34 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Not a Roman piece. Standing nude female with arms crossed above head. Right leg in front of left. Drapery around waist with slight strip up over left shoulder. |
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