ID | 751 |
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Images | |
Grid Ref | ST3490 |
Project type | Excavation |
County | Newport |
County Previously | Monmouthshire |
Site | Caerleon |
Site Name | Cambria House, Mill Street |
Site Type | Military |
Location Type | Vicus Building 3 |
Context | Destruction deposit 2095 |
Context Quality | 3 |
Site Date | C2-4 |
Context Date | Early C4 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Location | Newport Museum and Art Gallery |
Ref No | NPTMG 1986.105.180 |
M/F | Male |
Age | Child |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Deity |
Name | Cupid |
Bearded | No |
Standing/Seated | Standing |
Attributes | Yes |
Attribute description | Bird |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Condition | Missing lower legs, some corrosion and wear. |
Classical | 1 |
Quality | Classical 3 |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Height | 62.00 |
Length | 0.00 |
Parallels | Boucher 1973, no 9; Rolland 1965, no 114 |
References | Lloyd-Morgan 2000b, 368, fig 88, no 117 [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | Chubby figure with short torso, no neck, stocky build. Face damaged but has deep-set round eyes and wide nose. No sign of mouth. Right ear shown. Fingers depicted. Top of head rather flat. |
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