| ID | 832 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | NY7666 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Northumberland |
| Site | Chesterholm |
| Site Name | Vindolanda |
| Site Type | Military |
| Location Type | Fort |
| Context | layer below floor 61A |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | Late C1-4 |
| Context Date | c.AD208-213 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Mercury 833 |
| Import | No? |
| Place of manufacture | Local? |
| Ref No | 10713 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Human |
| Name | Priestess? |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Sleeveless stola |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Arms missing |
| Classical | 0 |
| Quality | Stylised |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 65.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Birley 2007, 143, fig. 150b [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | elaborate, peaked hairstyle that is drawn into a high bun at the back of the head. The woman wears a loose sleeveless stola draped with two folds at the neck indicated by simple lines at the back. There is a tuck at the waist and the garment then falls in full folds to the feet. . . The back of the figure is concave and without decoration excepting the head and three vertical lines to indicate garment folds (Birley). |
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