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ID 176
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Grid Ref TQ3279
Project type Unknown
County Greater London
Site London
Site Name Southwark
Site Type Large town
Location Type Unknown
Context Unknown
Context Quality 1
Object Period 9
Material Bronze
Import No
Place of manufacture Local?
Location Guildford Museum
Ref No AS22692
M/F Male
Form Figurine
Type Human
Name Worshipper
Aliases Apollo
Bearded No
Standing/Seated Standing
Attributes No
Clothed No
Drapery Yes
Condition Complete but worn
Classical 1
Quality Stylised 2
Photo Yes
Illustration No
Height 65.00
Length 0.00
Parallels Bentz 1992, 109 tav. XXXIV no 190
References Pitts 1979, no 156; Anon 1858, xx and xxxii
[Link to Bibliography]
Description Not Roman. Etruscan kore. Standing with left arm bent and hand on hip, sinuous torsoe, right arm straight with the hand placed along the side of the thigh. Face worn and features barely visible. Hair long at the back. Although a simple piece the fingers of the hands are depicted. The feet are indicated only by a slight thickening at the end of the legs. Below the feet is a short projection ending in a knob. The hands are holding drapery across the back of the legs. It extends from midway down the buttocks to the feet. Fairly flat profile.


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