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Description: | Cast cu-alloy furniture mount or fitting dating to the Early Roman period depicting the bust of the Roman goddess Diana. While the front of the mount shows moulded features such as Diana's face, dress, hair and part of her quiver, the reverse is flat and slightly hollow. Also, there may be remains of solder in the hollow of the reverse. The front surface is shiny and looks quite worn while the reverse is pitted and not very worn, possibly showing remains of solder. Depictions of Diana are not very common finds in Britain: in 1992, there were four known bronze figurines from Britain from Bassingbourn (Cambs.), Cirencester (Gloucs.), Wroxeter (Shrops.) and Exeter (Devon). There is also an example of a Diana figurine recorded by PAS from Bucks (BUC-D17112). The hair is frequently, but not always arranged by being drawn up into two top knots as on this object from Lancaster and the right arm is generally shown raised upwards diagonally to withdraw an arrow from a quiver on her back. This mount of Diana is similar to a furniture fitting depicting Hercules from Martlesham, Suffolk (ESS-B4CEF5) which also has a flat back and was probably attached to a box or piece of furniture. Diana was not one of the most popular female deities in Roman Britain. She combined the functions of a woodland and fertility goddess but she is mostly represented in her capacity of a goddess of hunting.Ref: Alcock, J. A Diana figurine from Bassingbourn, Cambs. In: Proc. Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol LXXIX.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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