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| ID | 19 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SP5312 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Oxfordshire |
| Site | near Oxford |
| Site Name | Woodeaton? |
| Site Type | Religious |
| Location Type | Temple |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | with 20 and 21 |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1883, 0802.11 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Apollo |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Plectrum |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 91.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Prototype | Polykleitos |
| Parallels | Rolland 1965, no 17; Menzel 1966, no 7 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 8; Green 1976, 177; Henig and Munby 1973; Bagnall Smith 1995, 179 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | It portrays a nude male figure whose beautiful, somewhat effeminate body and carefully waved hair bound at the back in a 'chignon' proclaim to be an Apollo. The god is shown in a relaxed stance, with left leg flexed. He holds a plectrum in his right hand (Henig). Simple piece, quite well executed. Fingers and toes depicted. Attribute missing from left hand. |
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