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Terracotta tongue and tonsils, Roman, 400 BCE-200 CE
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Terracotta tongue and tonsils, Roman, 400 BCE-200 CE
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Objects like these were left at healing sanctuaries and other religious sites as offerings to gods such as Asklepios, the Greco-Roman god of medicine. They were intended either as an indication of the part of the body that needed help or as thanks for a cure.

Made from bronze or terracotta, as in this case, a large range of different votive body parts were made and offered up in their thousands. Although it originated in earlier cultures, this practice became very popular in Roman Italy – particularly between the 400s and 100s BCE.

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Place made: Roman Republic and Empire

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Keywords: votive offering; incubation; tonsils
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  • Library reference: Science Museum A634928
  • Photo number: L0058431
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