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Relief with the sacrifice of a ram
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
4th–3rd century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Etruria
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.); width: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number88.364
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionSacrificant (? Artemis) stands at the right; her right hand holds a patera on the head of a ram (?). At the left a draped figure playing the double flute. An altar and a tree with large round fruits occupy the center. The back is unworked. Round vent hole near center. grayish clay. Said to be from Cerveteri.
ProvenanceDecember 1885, discovered by Don Mariano Lazzari on the “Vignaccia” property of Francesco Rosati near Cerveteri, Italy, and sold, through Pietro Pennelli, to Rodolfo Lanciani (b. 1845 -d. 1929), Rome [see note 1]; 1888, sold by Lanciani to the MFA for $491.89 [see note 2]. (Accession date: May 1, 1888)
NOTES:
[1] As part of a votive deposit containing a few thousand objects, mostly terracottas, including anatomical votives, heads and busts wearing elaborate jewelry, animals, and a few singular finds (see L. Borsari, in Notizie degli scavi di antichità (1886), pp. 38-39, and American Journal of Archaeology 2.2 (1886), p. 218). Twelve objects from this deposit were eventually sold to the MFA (88.353-88.364). For a discussion of the discovery and MFA objects, see H. Nagy, in Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.
[2] This figure is the total price for MFA 88.345-88.530.
NOTES:
[1] As part of a votive deposit containing a few thousand objects, mostly terracottas, including anatomical votives, heads and busts wearing elaborate jewelry, animals, and a few singular finds (see L. Borsari, in Notizie degli scavi di antichità (1886), pp. 38-39, and American Journal of Archaeology 2.2 (1886), p. 218). Twelve objects from this deposit were eventually sold to the MFA (88.353-88.364). For a discussion of the discovery and MFA objects, see H. Nagy, in Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.
[2] This figure is the total price for MFA 88.345-88.530.