| ID | 441 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TL6679 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Suffolk |
| Site | Mildenhall |
| Site Name | Kenny Hill |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Date | C1-3 |
| Object Period | 3 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Eyes inlaid with blue enamel |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Ashmolean Museum |
| Ref No | AN1927.564 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Attis |
| Bearded | No |
| Headgear | Phrygian cap |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good but head only and some corrosion |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 55.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Fleischer 1967, no 133; Boucher 1973, no 24; Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1969, no 5 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 227, pl 29; Toynbee 1964, 92, 1962, no 39; Green 1976, 213; Anon 1892, 155; Fox 1911, 314 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Curly hair in 2 rows of curls frames the face beneath the cap. Almond shaped eyes, strong wedge nose and downwards turned mouth. Quite well-modelled. |
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