Veii / votive hand and wrist / Ceramic
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.1773
- Object Name
- votive hand and wrist
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Votive figurines
- Materials
- Ceramic
- Weight
- 334g (2009: 338g)
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Right hand with finger and thmb together and straight up. Anatomy rather summary, though palm has volume and roundness. Back of hand is very flat. Thumbnail, but no fingernails. Hollow. Tips of last three fingers chipped and showing traces of burning (?). Chipped along bottom. Tiny perfect hole on outside of wrist.
- Gazda: Votive hand. Clay.
- Subjects
- Hand and wrist
- 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
- The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 124 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.1773
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1773/0000_00_1773p02.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:0000.00.1773:0000_00_1773P02.TIF
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"Veii; votive hand and wrist; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1773/0000_00_1773p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.