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| ID | 148 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3079 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | London? |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1931,1207.1 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Harpocrates |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Modius |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Cornucopia |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing legs below knees; slightly worn |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 87.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Boucher 1973, no 54, 1971, no 28 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 128, pl 31; Toynbee 1964, 95; Green 1976, 222, no 10 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stands with right hand raised to mouth and holds cornucopia in the left hand. Proportions are adequte but the detail slightly cursory - mitten hands and the cornucopia is simple. The face is worn but the features are visible. Sinuous torso with weight on right leg, left leg slightly bent. |
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