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Votive in the shape of female genitalia
Greek
Roman Imperial Period
2nd–3rd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Attic marble
Dimensions
15 x 12.4 cm (5 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Fiske Warren and Edward Perry Warren
Accession NumberRES.08.34b
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 235; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 112 (additional published references).
DescriptionVotive plaque in the shape of female genitalia in relief. Inscribed in Greek on the flat section above--“to Zeus Hypsistos Daphnis dedicated [this in fulfillment of] a vow”--with a circle and a line above, and a star below.
[ΔI]EIYΨICTШΔAΦNIC
[EU]XHN ANEϴHKE
Unevenly carved and broken at upper left. Back roughly finished. Slight yellow patina.
[ΔI]EIYΨICTШΔAΦNIC
[EU]XHN ANEϴHKE
Unevenly carved and broken at upper left. Back roughly finished. Slight yellow patina.
InscriptionsInscription, with circle above and star below. Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1900, bought in Athens by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London [see note]; 1908, gift of Fiske Warren and Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession date: January 1, 1910)
NOTE: according to Warren’s records.
NOTE: according to Warren’s records.