
4 0 c m
29cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Natural and supernatural medicine existed side by side in Rome, as in ancient Greece. Votive offerings were gifts given to the gods in prayer. These would often be in the form or representation of the injured or diseased part of the body and would be left at the temple of a god - as in the case of the abdominal organs shown here.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10284981
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