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Miniature ‘Ex-voto’ from Argentomagus (Indre)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Isabelle Fauduet
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Abstract

Among the offerings deposited in Gallo-Roman sanctuaries, the miniature ‘ex-voto’ have seldom been studied. They have been discovered at various sites in Gallia Comata and, apart from a few typically local products, are similar to the better-known examples from Britain.

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Britannia , Volume 14 , November 1983 , pp. 97 - 102
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Copyright © Isabelle Fauduet 1983. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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