Veii / votive leg / Ceramic / Paint
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.1767
- Object Name
- votive leg
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Votive figurines
- Length
- 24.5;
- Width
- 8.7;
- Height
- 39.2;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;3769g (2009: 3787g)
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Right leg and foot. Painted red. Perfunctory treatment of toes and anatomical details of foot. Inside of calf muscle very pronounced, protruding greatly (swollen?) Hollow., with small hole in top, but very heavy. Chipped paint faded.
- Gazda: Votive leg. Clay, paint.
- Subjects
- Right foot and leg below knee
- Verbatim Date
- Late 4th - mid 1st C BC
- Verbatim Provenance
- Italy
- Verbatim Site
- Veii
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual Modern Muse
- Case 26 - Health and Beauty
- Exhibition Curator
- Gazda, Elaine
- Exhibition Year
- 2009
- Publication Title
- Catalouge Raisonne des Figurines et Reliefs en Terre Cuite, Grecs, Etrusques et Romains III (Louvre) Vol. II
- The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse
- Publication Author
- Besque, Simone
- Publication Year
- 0000
- 2000
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.1767
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1767/dscn4032.jpg
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"Veii; votive leg; Ceramic; Paint". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1767/dscn4032.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 07, 2023.