Context (Field collection)
From the bronze hoard from Hempsals Fen, 1857. The hoard of bronzes from a field known as 'The Hempsalls' in Willingham Fen (and associated pottery etc.) was ploughed up by Thomas Graves in March 1857. Mr Pegler, schoolmaster at Willingham, told Baron von Hugel that the objects had evidently been buried in a wooden box (of which he showed the Baron a fragment), which the plough had destroyed. The finds were deposited by Mr Pegler in the Museum, through Prof. Babington, in 18? [added in ink, ' 1885, 11th March' ]; they were purchased from his widow in 1918, and catalogued as 1918.160 1-15. Objects from the hoard not included in this catalogue entry were subsequently numbered Z 15185-90.
Event Date 1857
Author: maa

Context (References)
(Bib): Babington, C.C. 1883. Ancient Cambridgeshire. Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Society. p. 84
Event Date 1883
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Acquisition Details)
This hoard was deposited at the museum on 11 March 1885, as recorded in the 1884 Accession Register p. 9: 'Deposited by Mr. G. Pegler (schoolmaster of Willingham) through Prof. Babington who gave Mr P. a £5 note'.
Event Date 1884
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Head and torso of a helmeted bronze figurine with stump of right arm raised
Event Date 1918
Author: maa

Context (References)
(Bib): Rostovtseff, M. and H. Mattingly. 1923. 'Commodus-Hercules in Britain.' Journal of Roman Studies, 12. pp. 91-109.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Fox, C. 1923. Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 214-215
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Clarke, L.C.G. 1926. 'Prehistoric and Romano-British Objects from England in the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge' in The Antiquaries Journal, Vol. 6. pp. 17-179, Fig. 3, Pl. XXXI
Event Date 1926
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Heichelheim, F.M. 1937. 'On Some Unpublished Roman Bronze Statuettes in the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 37. pp. 52-67
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Alfoldi, A. 1949. 'The Bronze Mace from Willingham Fen, Cambridgeshire'. Journal of Roman Studies, 39. pp. 19-22.
Event Date 1949
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Salway, P. 1970. The Fenland in Roman Times. London: Royal Geographical Society. pp. 209-210
Event Date 1970
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Wiles, JJ. and C.R. Elrington (eds). 1978. Victoria History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol 7: Roman Cambridgeshire. Oxford. pp. 84-85, Pl XIV
Event Date 1978
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Evans, Christopher. (July 1984). 'Notes and News: A shrine provenance for the Willingham Fen hoard'. Antiquity vol 58. pp. 212-214.
Event Date 7/1984
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson