File:Terracotta votive offering of a left thumb, Roman, 100 BCE-3 Wellcome L0058429.jpg
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[edit]| Terracotta votive offering of a left thumb, Roman, 100 BCE-3 | |||
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Terracotta votive offering of a left thumb, Roman, 100 BCE-3 |
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Objects like this thumb were left at healing sanctuaries and other religious sites as offerings to gods such as Asklepios, the Greco-Roman god of medicine. It was intended either to indicate the part of the body that needed help or as thanks for a cure. Made from bronze or terracotta, as in this case, a large range of different votive body parts were made and offered up in their thousands. Although it originated in earlier cultures, this practice became very popular in Roman Italy – particularly between the 400s and 100s BCE. Perhaps this donor left the thumb because his or hers was broken or sore? maker: Unknown maker Place made: Roman Republic and Empire Wellcome Images |
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