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Gentleman's Magazine 1852 part 1 p.175

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Report of a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, 8 January 1852:-
Mr. C. R. Smith also exhibited a drawing of the head of a female seated figure, excavated by Mr. H. G. Potter at Birdoswald. The head is draped and crowned with a wreath, and the body enveloped in ample vestments. Mr. C. R. Smith considers the figure to represent one of the Deae Matres, or possibly the Magna Mater.
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