Votive offering in the form of a breast
- Made:
- 200 BCE - 200 CE in Rome
Votive breast, terracotta, probably Roman, 200BC-200AD
Objects such as this were left at healing sanctuaries and other religious sites as offerings to gods such as Asklepios, the Greco-Roman god of medicine. They were intended either to indicate the part of the body that needed help or as thanks for a cure.
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A635562
- Materials:
- terracotta
- Measurements:
-
overall: 72 mm x 127 mm x 106 mm, .58 kg
- type:
- votive breast
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
