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| ID | 22 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL1307 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Hertfordshire |
| Site | St Albans |
| Site Name | Verulamium |
| Site Type | Civitas capital |
| Location Type | Insula XV |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Date | Post-medieval |
| Object Period | 10 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Verulamium Museum |
| Ref No | SABMS 80.1426 |
| M/F | Male |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Apollo |
| Bearded | No |
| Attributes | Missing |
| Attribute description | Lyre |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Black patina |
| Classical | 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 45.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | For other figured examples see PAS database (e.g. ESS-B810C5 or SUSS-6145D6) |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 9; Green 1976, 207, no 17 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | POST-MEDIEVAL PIPE TAMPER. Simple figure with no real modelling; smooth unfeatured head; outstretched right arm, once held lyre. On small base (Pitts p50). Could this be the pipe-tamper? No other figure in the museum fits the simple description and it is the right size. |
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