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| ID | 751 |
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| Images |
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| 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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