Votive Foot

Item

Title
Votive Foot
Inventory Number
A0150
From Date
-199
To Date
-1
Description
Right foot, hollow but with solid sole plate with vent hole at heel; top surface about flat with central hole. Toes articulated, but poorly shaped with no appreciable articulation of joints; toenails sharply articulated on big toe and first toe, faint to no articulation on remaining toes. Ankle bones articulated inside and out. Resting on thick base. Coated all over except for broad strip on inside of ankle and under side of base with red paint and sandal painted in black: represented as thin sole, from which rise at heel thin straps which tie in bow at top of foot & from which extend 3 straps, 2 reaching to sole at sides, 1 reaching to sole between big and first toe; single strap around heel.
State of Preservation
Badly cracked in ankle and across top surface, sporadic chipping elsewhere, red paint badly worn.
Height
17.5 cm
Max Diameter
8.2 cm
Length
22.5 cm
Width
8.63 cm
Color
Clay body ca 10YR 7/3 (very pale brown); overall paint 10R 5.8 (red); sandal paint 7.5YR N4/ (gray).
Notes
Slide Coll
Type
terracotta
Material
fired clay

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