Swaddled infant votive
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Swaddled baby votives are figures of babies offered as an entreaty to a god or goddess, for healthy pregnancy and childbirth. They have been recovered from ancient Italian Roman temple sanctuary sites
Terracotta swaddled baby votive
Terracotta swaddled Roman infant votive 200 B.C
Mater Matuta
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Mater Matuta was an indigenous Latin goddess adopted by the Romans. Mater Matuta was a goddess of fertility, childbirth, and ripening grain who later became linked to the dawn. Her cult is attested to
Swaddled infant votive
…which are made to resemble a body part, the swaddled baby votive is assumed to represent the child's body in its entirety. For example, at the temple of Mater Matuta in Satricum, archaeologists discovered votive models of wombs, figurines of women with children, and terracotta swaddled infants. Due to high infant…
Mater Matuta, seated and holding swaddled infants
Decorative terracotta pieces discovered in the Sant'Omobono Area believed to be from a temple dedicated to Mater Matuta or Fortuna (6th century BCE)
Etruscan cinerary statue depicting a seated Mater Matuta holding a child (c. 5th century BCE). Found in a necropolis near Chianciano Terme