Female votive figure - ROM2010_11485_6

ROM2010_11485_6

Female votive figure

Medium:Cast bronze
Geography: Found in Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Date: about 400-300 BC
Period: Etruscan
Dimensions:
6.5 x 3.7 cm, 0.1 cm, 21.5 g
Object number: 920X57.22
On view
Gallery Location:Eaton Gallery of Rome - Bratty Exhibit of Etruria
DescriptionThe Etruscans dedicated many thousands of votive offerings in their temples and sanctuaries as a way of thanking or seeking help from particular patron deities. The supplicants in southern Umbria created votive offerings in the form of stylized bronze statuettes of men and women.
Cataloguer: Dr. John W. Hayes (ROM Staff, 1968-1992)
Collection:
Greek World
Department: World Cultures: Greek and Roman
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