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| ID | 245 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | ST3390 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Newport |
| County Previously | Monmouthshire |
| Site | Caerleon |
| Site Type | Military |
| Location Type | Barrack block A |
| Context | 997 |
| Context Quality | 2 |
| Context Date | post AD317 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon |
| Ref No | STOLEN |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Genius Paterfamilias |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Drapery description | Toga |
| Condition | Worn and some corrosion. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 81.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Green 1978, 49, no 11; Boon unpub ms 1956-63; Alcock 1986, 126; Boon 1983, 47; Brewer 1987, fig. p29; Webster 1992, 105-6 fig. 1 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Green suggests a small Genius but her description differs to this so could be a different piece. As orignal was stolen, only a cast was available for examination |
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