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Lead votive figurines

Lead votive figurines





Artist : Anonymous

Relationship with : Artemis

Date : approx. between the VIIth and the Vth century B.C.

Material : Cuir-bouilli
Acquisition : Gift of A.J.B. Wace (1924)
Item 57 on 197
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture

Vitrine : V03

Area related
Sparte (Greece)

Description   

Small flat votive figurines of cast lead have been found in great quantities at the ancient sanctuaries of Laconia. Over on hundred thousand, dating from de seventh century B.C. to the Classical period, were dedicated to the goddess Artemis Orthia in Sparta.
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