Object Image

Lead wreath

Unknown Artist

Small flat votive figurines of cast lead have been found in great quantities at the ancient sanctuaries of Laconia; over one hundred thousand, dating from the seventh century B.C. to the Classical period, were dedicated to the goddess Artemis Orthia in Sparta.

Credit: Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924

6th–5th century B.C.

Lead

2.4 x 2.4 cm

24.195.166

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018

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