Figurines Data

ID	151
Images
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 Period	0
Material	Bronze
Import	No
Place of manufacture	Local
Location	Ashmolean Museum
Ref No	AN1896-1908.R105B
M/F	Female
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Mother Goddess
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Headgear	Missing crown/diadem
Attributes	Missing
Clothed	Yes
Clothing description	Skirt
Drapery	No
Condition	Slightly worn
Classical	0
Quality	Stylised 3
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	62.50
Length	0.00
References	Pitts 1979, no 132, pl 23; Toynbee 1964, 103; Green 1976, 177; Kirk 1949, 31, pl IV B; Bagnall Smith 1995, 179 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	female figure, naked to the waist, below which she wears a skirt, pleated in front with a decorative panel down the centre; her right arm is stretched outwards and upwards, her left sideways, and she originally held some object or objects in her hands; her hair is waved down the sides and drawn into a bun at the back, and she originally wore a crown or diadem, which has now disappeared (Kirk).