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| ID | 86 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL9925 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Colchester Castle Museum |
| Ref No | COLEM 1936.900 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Hercules |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Lionskin and missing club |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Missing right foot, right leg broken at top of thigh and repaired, damage to top of left foot. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 244.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 68, pl 16; Toynbee 1964, 73; Green 1976, 216, no 16, pl Vg [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Large and heavy piece. Stands with weight on right leg, left forward and bent at knee. Lionskin over left forearm is a rectangle with herringbone grooves along its length and a face at the end. Overly large clenched hands. Basic musculature. Hair in a conical cap with moulding around back of head. Reasonable facial features. |
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