Description
Roman terracotta (or earthenware) votive hand holding mirror, 1st – 3rd century AD.
Terracotta votive hand with mirror
55,00 €
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | 43 |
| Weight [g]: | 8,72 |
| Grade: | - |
| Attribution: | - |
| Commentary: | some deposits |
Historical Context
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.
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