Corinium Museum- Roman Objects 2

[poliphilo]

6.An unidentified god and goddess



7. A god with snakes- arguably Cernunnos



8. Part of an altar to the woodland god Silvanus



9. Mercury



10. Mercury in his case, with other objects

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I see what you mean.

I think- but I could be wrong- that those shapes are snakes twining around his staff.

[sovay]

Mercury in his case, with other objects

That's a wonderful Mercury. With the weathering, he's come out looking like a cross between himself and Pan.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes. I don't suppose he was ever intended to have such heavy, slanting eyebrows.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

Aargh! Romans! The altar reminds me of my undergraduate labs - we had to draw and translate a Roman carved stone once...

Looks like a lovely museum.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That sounds like hard work.

They spent a lot of money on it earlier this century. They have some fine Saxon material too. I rather rushed through that room because I was running out of time.