| ID | 463 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TQ6172 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Kent |
| Site | Springhead |
| Site Type | Religious |
| Location Type | Temple ditch site |
| Context | Stratum C |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Context Date | mid C2 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | 3rd-4th c coins (Valens and Valnetinian) |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Unknown |
| Name | Unknown |
| Bearded | No |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Hand only |
| Classical | 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 42.00 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 266; Green 1976, 228, no 4; Penn 1964, 185, no 14, pl Ia; Merrifield 1977, 389, pl 17 III d [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Clasped hand. 'Hole' between thumb and fingers; underside roughly finished; three filled dowel holes in wrist suggestive of ancient repair; broken off at wrist (Pitts p107) would have held spear, sceptre or similar |
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