Figurine

Le Mans [72] - Musée Jean-Claude Boulard - Carré Plantagenêt

© Musée Jean-Claude Boulard -carré Plantagenêt

Sheathed Venus with missing head and feet. Wears a torque around the neck. Right hand on chest, left hand along body. Stands out in bas-relief from a rectangular clay plate decorated with geometric signs, including concentric circles.

Transcription: REXTUGENOS SULLIAS AV [VOT] -Translation: "Rextugenos, (Sulla's son), maker"

Where to find it

Le Mans [72] - Musée Jean-Claude Boulard - Carré Plantagenêt
2 Rue Claude Blondeau

72100 Le Mans

Commune of discovery

Locality

Etoile Jacobins

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1988

Inventory number

P-A.2007.85

Scope

Religion ➔ Religious object

Materials

Terracotta ➔ Other

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476] ➔ Early Imperial [27 / 235]

Dimensions

H. 10.5 cm, l. 5 cm,

Bibliographie

Bémont, C., Jeanlin, M. et Lahanier, C., 1993, Les figurines en terre cuite gallo- romaines, Paris, Documents d’Archéologie Française 38, Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme.