Woman in Childbirth
Woman in Childbirth

Currently not on view

Woman in Childbirth,

7th–9th century

Slavic
y98 g

Information

Title
Woman in Childbirth
Dates

7th–9th century

Medium
Lead
Dimensions
preserved: 5.9 x 2.2 cm (2 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Caroline G. Mather Fund, in 1924
Object Number
y98 g
Place Excavated

Northern Greece, Velestino

Culture
Slavic
Type
plaques, metalwork
Materials
lead
Subject
figures (representations), births, women, children (people by age group), relief

Said to be from Velestino, Thessaly, Greece. 1924 purchase by Princeton University Art Museum.

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