| ID | 485 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3079 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London? |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Gilded |
| Location | Museum of London |
| Ref No | G12041 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Child |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity? |
| Name | Unknown |
| Aliases | Harpocrates, Cupid, human |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing lower right leg and forearms; no facial features, worn |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 65.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Fleischer 1967, no 237; Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1969, no 21 |
| References | Pitts 1979, 112 no 290 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Standing nude with bulging stomach and short legs (lower right leg lost); short lowered arms (no hands); large round head; flat smooth face, coxcomb hair-style in form of crest of 3 knobs with rest of head smooth (Pitts) |
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