Veii / votive figure - cow / Ceramic
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.1771
- Object Name
- votive figure - cow
- 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
- Record
- 0000.00.1771
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1771/dscn4055.jpg
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"Veii; votive figure - cow; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1771/dscn4055.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.