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Votive Plaque (Pinax) with Persephone Making her Bridal Bed

c. 490–450 BCE

West Greek / South Italian, Locri Epizephirii

Medium
Terracotta
Measurements
height: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Robinson and Family 2023.103
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Location
102D Pre-Roman
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The rooster often appears with Persephone on such plaques, perhaps because both mark transitions.

Description

Probably once brightly painted, this relief plaque belongs to a series of votive dedications made in Locri Epizephirii, near the “toe” of Italy, to the goddess Persephone (or Kore), daughter of Demeter. Following her abduction by Hades, god of the Underworld, Persephone regularly returned to earth, dictating the seasons and making agriculture possible. Often, as here, the plaques show domestic scenes.
A fragmented terracotta plaque depicts Persephone in relief, standing in profile facing our right. She wears a long pleated robe and head covering, holding a folded cloth over a platform decorated with floral patterns. To her left stands a fluted column with scrolled curls. Below the platform, a rooster faces left with tail feathers curved upward. The sculpture has an irregular, broken edge along the top and right side.

Votive Plaque (Pinax) with Persephone Making her Bridal Bed

c. 490–450 BCE

West Greek / South Italian, Locri Epizephirii

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