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| ID | 171 |
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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 | 1888,0719.97 |
| M/F | Male |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Human |
| Name | Gladiator |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Gladiator's helmet |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Sword |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Tunic and cuirass |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing lower right leg |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 75.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Reinach 1931, no 188; Kaufmann-Heinimann 1977, no 85 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 151; Toynbee 1964, 118-9; British Museum 1964, 54, pl XV [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | heavily armed type of gladiator known as Samnite, with the visor down, ready for combat. . . a rather clumsy provincial style (Toynbee p119). |
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