Weihrelief mit zwei Ohren, Marble, chiseled, Total: Height: 24 cm; Width: 29,2 cm; Depth: 8 cm; Weight: 11,9 kg, Reliefs, votive offerings, body parts, Late Classicism (Greek antiquity), The rectangular block has a recessed image field with the representation of a human pair of ears. The back as well as the top and bottom are roughly worked off. The sides were straightened with a toothed chisel. So far, some of these votive reliefs have become known, which were once placed in a sanctuary with the request for healing or as thanks for a recovery from an ear disease granted by the gods.


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