Terracotta votive hand with mirror
Description:
Roman terracotta (or earthenware) votive hand holding mirror, 1st - 3rd century AD.
Diameter:
43 mm
Weight:
8,72 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:
111-01-20-41652