Rectangular metal votive offering. The metal has been embossed with the figure of a soldier in relief. [MdeA 28/2/2000]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular metal votive offering. The metal has been embossed with the figure of a soldier in relief. [MdeA 28/2/2000]
Long description: Rectangular metal votive offering. The corners of the rectangle have been cut off. The metal has been embossed with the figure of a soldier in relief. There is a small perforation in the top of the offering to enable it to be hung up. The metal is silver gilded with gold. [MdeA 28/2/2000]
Geographical reference: Greece
Europe > Southern Europe > Greece; Athens
Cultural groups: Greek
Person: Field collector Sophia Handaka; PRM source Sophia Handaka
Date / Period: Date made: 1940-2000?, uncertain
Date collected: August 1999
Acquisition information: Donated: 26/01/2000
Materials and processes: Material Silver Gilt Metal, Process Perforated, Process Embossed, Process Machine-made, Process Gilded
Dimensions: Width 32 mm, Length 102 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2000.11.6
Associated publications: Reproduced in black and white (along with the other tamata in this collection, 2000.11) to illustrate 'Greek Votive Offerings in the Modern World', by Sophia Handaka, in the Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Newsletter, no. 40 (April 2002), p. 5. [JC 12 4 2002]