Veii / votive figure - cow / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1771
Object Name: votive figure - cow
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Votive figurines
Materials: Ceramic
Length: 20.7;
Width: 6.7;
Height: 10.1;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;1126g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Probably a short-horned cow or bull. Possibly a long tail. Clay left between legs. Stands on own base (with two holes in the bottom). Very summary representation of anatomy in general. Solid. Surface chipped, especially on the right flank. Worn, right foreleg chipped, and left horn (?).; Gazda: Votive cow or bull. Clay.
Subjects: Cow
Verbatim Date: 3rd - 2nd C BC
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Veii
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 26 - Health and Beauty
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2264 x 1633
File Size: 201 KB
Record: 0000.00.1771
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1771/0000_00_1771p02.tif

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