1984.766: Votive Ornament
Plaques
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.766
- Title
- Votive Ornament
- Classification
- Plaques
- Date
- 1st-2nd century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Tunis
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288974
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Technique
- Hammered
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 2.1 cm (1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Provenance unknown
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jerome B. Spier
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.766
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Oval, almond-shaped hammered sheet gold object with convex face, two tiny holes for perforation opposite each other at the widest part and a narrow flat border around the entire object. The interior is incised with a sign that looks like the letter omega. Inside is a smaller, upright mark that looks like a male phallus.
Verification Level
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