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Votive sculpture of pig

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10 June 2020
Votive sculpture of a pig
Votive sculpture of pig

Bronze sculpture depicting a pig. The object was found in Herculaneum and had votive connotation. The inscription “HER. VOR. M.L.” means “For Hercules, from Voesius, Freedman of Marcus“. The picture was taken at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (southern England).

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