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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy figurine of Minerva-Fortuna. The object is a solid, cast, three dimensional piece and is largely complete. It depicts a standing female deity. The head bears a Greek-style helmet, which has a nose piece, cut outs for the eyes, and a double key hole-shaped depression for the now-missing decorative plume. This helmet is pushed back above the eyes, revealing a corona of hair beneath. At the back of her head, her hair is pleated into three tresses emerging from beneath her helmet and running down the nape of her neck to end between her shoulder blades. The facial features are almost worn flat but eyes, nose, and a mouth are perceptible. The neck is bare. On the torso is a cuirass of scale armour with traces of a Medusa aegis on the breastplate. Beneath the cuirass she wears a long, pleated dress, gathered into folds, and covering her to her ankles. There are no sign of feet, although a small circular hole underneath may indicate that the figurine was once attached to a plinth. The right arm is bent upwards at the elbow and a circular hole in her hand indicates that she once held a spear in a throwing position. In the bent crook of her left arm is a cornucopia. The style of this figurine is Greco-Roman. It is clearly Athena-Tyche, or to the Romans, Minerva-Fortuna. Given its findspot and the attributes of the newly-discovered goddess, Senuna(ref), it may be intended to represent Senuna-Minerva-Fortuna. No exact parallels are known for this object. It probably dates from the 1st or 2nd century AD. The condition of the piece is reasonable. The surface is orangey-brown in colour due to a layer of iron corrosion. This may have come form an associated iron object, or may be the result of iron panning in the surrounding soil. Pitting to this suface is due to the incomplete formation of this iron corrosion layer. | Subjects: | Minerva-Fortuna | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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