Marble votive relief dedicated to the goddess Demeter by Claudia Ageta, priestess of Demeter, found at the Temple of Demeter near Sparta, Greece, circa 170 CE.
The relief depicts a tray of personal care items, including: a bowl, a mortar and pestle, a spoon, a scallop shell for mixing, bottles for unguents/ perfumes, a strigil for bathing, two mirrors, cosmetic cases, boxes, combs, pins, a hairnet, and two pairs of sandals. The tray is decorated with a raised border of pine cones, ears of grain, pomegranates, ivy, and a small snake.
Collection of the British Museum, London, England.
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Additional information: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1861-0523-2
Smith, Arthur Hamilton. A Catalogue of Sculptures by the Successors of Pheidias: In the British Museum. United Kingdom, order of the Trustees, 1892, p. 372. https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Catalogue_of_Sculptures_by_the_Success/Wp4ZAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=votive+relief+of+claudia+ageta&pg=PA372&printsec=frontcover














