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'Hand of Sabazius'. Exterior side. Roman, 1st-2nd CE. Found at Tournai, Belgium in late 16th or early 17th CE. Votive hand, probably attached to poles for processional use, decorated with religious symbols. Bronze hands of this kind are associated with the cult of the god Sabazius, which originated in Phrygia or Thrace and later became popular in the Roman Empire. The Romans associated him with Dionysus, the god of wine. At some point a replica of the hand was made and deposited in the Cabinet des Medailles in Paris. There it was engraved and reproduced in Bernard de Montfaucon's L'Antiquité expliquée (1722), an ambitious visual encylopedia of antiquity. Since then the replica in Paris has both been mistaken for the original and, more recently, condemned as a forgery. Bronze, h: 15 cm. GR 1895,0621.4.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART576499

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3450px × 5000px

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