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ID 751
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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