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English: Nude female voodoo doll in kneeling position, bound and pierced with thirteen pins. Found in a terracotta vase with a lead tablet bearing a binding spell (katadesmos).
Français : Figurine d'envoûtement représentant une femme nue agenouillée et attachée, percée de treize épingles. Découvert dans un vase en terre cuite contenant également une tablette en plomb portant une defixion.
Date 4th century AD
date QS:P571,+350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium clay and bronze
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location

This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
Accession number
E 27145a
Object history discovered (Egypt)
Credit line 1911: purchased
References
  • Musée du Louvre, Collections database: entry cl010011467
  • Pierre du Bourguet, Revue du Louvre 25 (1975), p.255-257
  • Sophie Kambitsis, BIFAO 76 (1976), p.213-223

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English: Female figure in kneeling position, pierced with thirteen pins, Roman Egypt Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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