Votive Hand of Zeus Sabazios
- Culture
- Roman, 753 BCE–395 CE
- Date
- 2nd–4th century CE
- Material
- Bronze
- associated with
- Asia
- associated with
- Europe
- Classification
- Metalwork, sculpture
- Collection
- Ancient Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 259
- Dimensions
- approximate: 8 x 3 x 2 in. (20.3 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 52:1956
NOTES
As today, individuals in antiquity found ways to express their devotion to the gods.
Whether maintaining a small altar at home for the worship of a particular deity,
or presenting gifts called votives, at sanctuaries or graves, many of the objects that
survive from antiquity served a ritual function.
This bronze in the shape of a hand represents Zeus in an Anatolian (Asia Minor) guise of Sabazios, who like Zeus was the god of the sky.
This bronze in the shape of a hand represents Zeus in an Anatolian (Asia Minor) guise of Sabazios, who like Zeus was the god of the sky.
Provenance
- 1956
Spink & Son, London, England
1956 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Spink & Son [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated June 25, 1956 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 7, 1956.
Spink & Son, London, England
1956 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Spink & Son [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated June 25, 1956 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 7, 1956.
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