votive figure

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Object Type
Museum number: 1864,0316.1
Description: Bronze votive statuette of a girl, her hands extended in a gesture of offering.
Cultures/periods: Etrusco-Campanian (perhaps); Archaic Period (Etruscan)
Production date: 510BC-480BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Capua (?)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Naples (city), Said to have been found in making a railway near Naples, which could indicate the section leading north to Capua, or south to Nocera (near)
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 60.96 centimetres
Curator's comments: The statue has been known as the Aphrodite from Suessa, after Walters in Cat. of Bronzes, 1899, no.447, linked it to Sessa on the Volturno, but no reason is known for this association and in 1915 (Select Bronzes pl.6) he corrected this to refer simply to 'the neighbourhood of Naples'. Suessa and Suessula appear to be derivatives of Sessa which have become used in the documentation. See M.Galestin in J.Swaddling (ed), Italian Iron Age Artefacts in the British Museum, Papers of the Sixth British Museum Classical Colloquium, 1982 (1986), pp.99-105.
Bibliographic references: Bronze / Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan. (447); Cristofani 1985 / Civilta degli Etruschi (10.26); Swaddling 1986 / Italian Iron Age artefacts in the British Museum : papers of the sixth British Museum Classical Colloquium (p. 100)
Location: On display (G71/dc9)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1864,0316.1

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