Veii / votive breast / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1776
Object Name: votive breast
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Votive figurines
Materials: Ceramic
Length: ;
Width: ;
Height: 5.5;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;192g (2009: 194g)
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Incantation of ni[[le of brest. Flat back with hole for suspension. Clay rim completely encircles brest as a base. Slightly scrached.; Gazda: Votive breast. Clay.
Subjects: Breast
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

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.1776
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1776/dscn4076.jpg

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Full citation: "Veii; votive breast; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1776/dscn4076.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.