Cast bronze group of Romano-British deities

            The six statuettes formed part of a hoard found in a pot in the early years of the 18th century. Two more statuettes are kept in a separate room in the British Museum.

Although they are in the classical tradition - at the left Mars and Mercury are recognizable - they display a fusion of Graeco-Roman and native Celtic characteristics. 

This statuette of Mercury (second from left) wears a winged traveller's hat, but lacks his other normal attributes, a purse and a herald's staff. The object in his right hand is a vessel, or perhaps a rattle, and in his left is a shallow dish. In revealing clear evidence of local religious traditions, and probably the conflation of Classical deities with Celtic ones, this statuette expresses the complex interaction of British and Roman elements in both art and religion.

The warrior god Mars (second from right) is identifiable by his crested helmet, but instead of his usual spear and shield he holds two ram-headed snakes, creatures which feature in Celtic myth.

Roman Britain
3rd century AD
Found in Southbroom, Devizes, Wiltshire

British Museum (Mercury: 1811,0309.8)

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Taken on: December 17, 2023

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