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| ID | 598 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TF7938 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Norfolk |
| Site | Stanhoe |
| Site Type | Villa |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Pottery of 2nd-4th c |
| Location | Norwich Castle Museum |
| Ref No | NWHCM 1966.286 |
| M/F | Male |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mercury |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Missing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Head missing |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 79.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Fringringhoe (932); Corse (938) |
| References | Green 1976, 204; Wilson 1966, 209, pl X, no 6; Davies 1996, 382 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Nude standing male with weight on right leg, left leg bent. Arms held slightly out from the body, caduceus missing from left hand, purse from the right. Only a very basic attempt at depicting musculature on chest and stomach, mitten hand on right, short fingers on left hand. |
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