| ID | 343 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TG2427 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Norfolk |
| Site | Felmingham |
| Site Name | Felmingham Hall |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Hoard |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Context Date | C3 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Inlaid eyes (missing) |
| Other finds from site | Hoard in pot |
| Import | No? |
| Place of manufacture | Britain? |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1925,0610.2 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Head |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Minerva |
| Bearded | No |
| Headgear | Corinthian helmet |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Helmet |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good, lightly pitted |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 140.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Fleischer 1967, no 29; Bruton (329); High Wycomb (Toynbee 1964, 81, pl Iic, d); Silkstead (454) |
| References | Green 1976, 205; Lindgren 1980, 97-8, pl 71; Toynbee 1964, 81; British Museum 1964, 60, no 2; Blyth 1844, 381-2; Fox 1889, 360; Gilbert 1978, 164, pl III, fig. 2B [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Toynbee - plump-faced, hollow-cast head. . with stiffly waved hair and a human mask (eyes and nose) on the down-turned peak of the crested Corinthian helmet. Gilbert - classical and Celtic influences, Minerva popular in 'essentially Celtic areas of Britain' |
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