Votive placenta
- Made:
- 200 BCE - 200 CE in Italy
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Votive placenta, terracotta, Roman, 200BC-200AD
Votive offerings were gifts given to the gods in prayer. These would often be in the form or representation of the injured or diseased part of the body and would be left at the temple of a god.
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A114889
- Materials:
- terracotta
- Measurements:
-
overall: 62 mm x 112 mm x 103 mm, .26 kg
- type:
- votive viscera
- credit:
- Glendining & Co.
