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ID 16
Images  
Grid Ref SK8310
Project type Chance
County Rutland
County Previously Leicestershire
Site Langham
Site Name Ranksborough Hall
Site Type Unknown
Location Type Unknown
Context Unknown
Context Quality 1
Object Period 0
Material Bronze
Secondary Material Inlaid eyes
Import Yes
Place of manufacture Gaul?
Location British Museum
Ref No 1891,1213.2
M/F Male
Form Figurine
Type Deity
Name Jupiter
Bearded Yes
Standing/Seated Standing
Attributes Missing
Attribute description Probably sceptre and fulmen
Clothed No
Drapery No
Condition Poor, no arms, chest and legs restored
Classical 1
Quality Classical 2
Photo Yes
Illustration No
Height 315.00
Length 0.00
References Pitts 1979, no 4; Toynbee 1964, 64; British Museum 1964, 54, pl 16.9; Walters 1908, 90, fig. 1; Green 1976, 167 pl Ixd
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Description The large and somewhat staring eyes (once inlaid), the parted lips and furrowed brow, the mop of tumbling curls, and the heavy, massive beard all combine to lend to the head an intense and slightly florid look more suggestive of Gaulish than of Italian workmanship (Toynbee).


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