Hand of Sabazios in the Louvre, June 2014

Hand of Sabazios
3rd century AD
Bronze
H. 12.2 cm

Bronze hands characterised by three raised fingers (thumb, index and middle finger) were offered to the Phrygian deity Sabazios, whose cult developed in Rome during the Empire. They often display a multitude of attributes (a bust of Mercury, a pjne-cone, a vase, a serpent, a lizard, etc.).

Durand collection, 1825
Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
Br 836


Text from: cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=9384&langue=en