Votive Hand & Arm

Item

Title

Votive Hand & Arm

Inventory Number

A0263

Description

Upraised left hand & forearm. Four contiguous, unarticulated straight fingers w thumb projecting diagonally to side, thick thumb pad & prominent interior wrist bone; back plain and unmodulated; flaring arm of plano-convex section flattened on sides. Fait traces of red paint over white slip.

State of Preservation

End of forearm chipped off w chipping continuing to near wrist on inner surface of arm; some dark incrustation on exterior.

Height

18.0 cm

Width

4.9 cm

Color

Clay body 5YR 7/8 (reddish yellow) to 7.5YR 8/6 (reddish yellow); core 7.5YR N6 (gray-light gray); paint ca 10R 4/8 (red).

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Slide Coll

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