Statuette of a Roman goddess

This is a Dea Nutrix figurine, representing the goddess of fertility. It shows a mother sitting on a wicker chair and feeding a baby at each breast. The head was broken during the Roman period.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
33/1924/1
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Exeter archaeology
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Plummer, Edgar
Material
ceramicpipe clay
Common Name
statuette of a Roman goddess
Simple Name
figurine
Period Classification
Roman (43-410)

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statuette of seated feeding woman, Dea Nutrix