Relief with the sacrifice of a ram
4th–3rd century B.C.
Place of ManufactureEtruria, Italy
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta
DimensionsHeight: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.); width: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Credit LineEverett Fund
Accession number88.364
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Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
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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.
About 575 B.C.
320–270 B.C.
late 3rd or early 2nd B.C.
early 3rd century B.C.
late 6th to early 5th century B.C.
end of 4th century B.C.
200–140 B.C.
about 8000–5000 B.C.
about 8000–5000 B.C.
about 5000–3000 B.C.
about 1500 B.C.
about 1450–1100 B.C.