Monument Number 1065118 |
Hob Uid: 1065118 | |
Location : Essex Colchester Non Civil Parish
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Grid Ref : TL9889024890 |
Summary : Two Roman figurines of a sphinxs, one of stone, the other bronze, were found in the garden of the general hospital in the 1820s. |
More information : (TL 98892489) Roman sphinxs found AD 1820 and 1821 (NAT) (1)
Sphinx, sculptured in stone and found in 1821 in the garden of the general hospital, in Colchester Museum. A bronze statuette of a sphinx 1.5 inches high was found in 1820, within a few yards of the former. (Siting in (1) agrees with detailed description). (2-3)
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