Nine figurines of Diana have been found in Britain. Diana, the daughter of Jupiter and twin sister of Apollo, was a moon-goddess, a hunter and an important deity to women. She is usually shown as a youthful female, dressed in a short tunic and boots. Her attributes are often missing, but are likely to include a bow in the left hand and a quiver over her shoulder, from which she plucks an arrow with her right hand (130, 398, 682 and 820). Two rather cruder examples from North Crawley, Buckinghamshire (900), and Bassingborn, Cambridgeshire (129), show her wearing a long gown with double overfold. As a huntress, Diana is often depicted with a stag or hound such as the figure from Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire (233). A similar example of Diana with a dog jumping at her side comes from Lyon (Boucher 1976, 154 and pl. 58 no. 277).
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