| ID | 6 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | SE9013 |
| Project type | Metal detector |
| County | Lincolnshire |
| Site | Scunthorpe |
| Site Name | Dragonby |
| Site Type | Rural |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Site Date | 100BC-L4th AD |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Mars (no 13) |
| Import | Maybe |
| Place of manufacture | Gaul or Britain |
| Location | Scunthorpe Museum |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mars |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Corinthian helmet |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Corinthian helmet |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | Yes |
| Drapery description | Chlamys |
| Condition | Missing left arm, right forearm, lower legs |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 4 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 80.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Prototype | 4th/5th c BC Alexander or 'Hellenistic despot' by Lysippos |
| Parallels | Colchester (26), Foss Dyke (31) |
| References | Wilson 1971, 257; Green 1976, 162; Alcock 1996, 264-7, fig 11.15; Alcock 1989a [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stands with right arm raised. Left leg bent. Large crested helmet. See Alcock for more. |
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