Terracotta votive foot
Description:
Roman terracotta (or earthenware) votive foot, 1st - 3rd century AD.
Diameter:
40 mm
Weight:
10,38 g
Grade:
-
Attribution:
-
Commentary:
some deposits
History:
These models of parts of the human body were of a particular, medical, class of votive offerings where a person with some form of illness would deposit a model of the afflicted anatomical part in a temple or shrine of a god of healing.
Article Number:
111-01-19-41652