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| ID | 860 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SU1460 |
| Project type | Metal detector |
| County | Wiltshire |
| Site | Wilcot |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Site Date | Unknown |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | 1st-4th c coins, no 859 |
| Location | Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes |
| Ref No | DZSWS: 1993.531 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Venus |
| Bearded | No |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Head only, abraded, back flattened, worn. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 24.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | nr Marlborough (Hoare 1821, 72); Faider-Feytmans 1979, no 76 |
| References | Henig 1994, 143, fig. 2 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | This is an abraded head of Venus with long hair down the sides of the neck; the facial features are very worn. The head is broken off at the neck; the back is flattened and has some iron corrosion adhering to it (Henig). Face has narrow pointed chin and is tilted slightly to the right. |
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