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| ID | 457 |
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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 XIV |
| Context | cellar wall packing |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Context Date | AD 270-80 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Verulamium Museum |
| Ref No | SABMS 78.550 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Unknown |
| Name | Unknown |
| Bearded | No |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Left arm only; fingers broken |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 or Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 72.00 |
| Parallels | Colchester (1029) |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 255; Frere 1972, 144, no 156, fig 49 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Quite a large arm with large pin for attachment at shoulder. Straight, hand outstretched and thumb complete but with some damage to the fingers. Hand and arm not in proportion - the forearm is long and thin and the hand too large. |
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