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Bronze statuette (votive)

information unknown500 B.C. - 400 B.C.

Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia

Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia, Italy

Bronze statuette in form of human leg topped by a winged perched animal. It is interpreted by the academics like a possible anatomical ex-voto linked to the presence of healt cults. It was found in Servirola of San Polo d’Enza (Reggio Emilia).

Details

  • Title: Bronze statuette (votive)
  • Creator: information unknown
  • Date: 500 B.C. - 400 B.C.
  • Location: Musei Civici di Reggio Emilia
  • Period: iron age
  • Excavation: Campo Servirola – San Polo d’Enza (Reggio Emilia)
  • Date of discovery: during XIX century
  • Bibliography: A.Maggiani, E.Pellegrini, A.C. Saltini , A. Serges : l’Eta’ del ferro nel Reggiano. I materiali delle collezioni dei Civici Musei di Reggio Emilia , v.I Reggio Emilia 1992, pp.206-349
  • Author of discovery: Gaetano Chierici
  • Type: Archaeological finding

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