figure
- Museum number
- OA.248
- Description
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Copper alloy figure of Mars, nude apart from helmet, with inscription on pedestal. He probably originally held a sword and shield, but these are now missing.
- Dimensions
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Height: 270 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- 'The weight is 5 (Roman) pounds (c. 1645g), so the metal of which it was made cost 15 denarii or 60 sesterces... It follows that Celatus' fee was only 40 sesterces, of which 12 went on the pound of bronze he donated. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that 'his' inscription occupied as much space as that of the dedicators. Their names are Celtic, superficially Latinised: Bruccius is cognate with Brucetus... and Caratius derives from Caratus embodying the element caro-s ('dear'); but Colasunius, the name they share, whether as brothers or father and son, is otherwise unknown. The name Celatus is found in other provinces, but is also of uncertain derivation; coincidentally, c(a)elatus means engraved'. (Tomlin 2018, 293).
- Location
- On display (G49/dc15)
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown as of September 2003.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- OA.248