| Title: |
Brooches and the cult of Mercury
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| Issue: |
Britannia 38 |
| Series: |
Britannia
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| Volume: |
38
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| Page Start/End: |
225 - 230 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The attributes of Mercury include his purse and winged sandals and one of his animal companions is the cockerel. Purse brooches are few in number, but shoe sole and cockerel brooches occur at Temple 10 at Colchester, a centre of the god's cult, and at other temples, and both also occur in graves, reflecting Mercury's role as the guide of dead souls. Fly brooches have been found at both Temple 10 and Uley, also a centre for Mercury worship, and in a grave, and may be a fourth type associated with the god. |
| Year of Publication: |
2007
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Brooches (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Shoe (Auto Detected Subject) |
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GRAVE
(Monument Type England)
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GRAVE
(Monument Type England)
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| Cockerel Purse Brooches (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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| Created Date: |
10 Dec 2007 |
