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Marble plaque showing parturition scene, Ostia, Italy.
This marble plaque depicts a ‘parturition’, or birthing scene. Such scenes eased the fears of expectant mothers by depicting positive birthing images. During this time, midwives were female. Men were not present at births unless a doctor was required in the case of a high status mother. Here, a woman reclines on a couch covered in drapes, attended by three women. They are dressed in classical Roma…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- plaque
- Relief
- Women
- Pregnant
- Roman
- Ancient Rome
- Childbirth
- relief sculpture
- Ancient Rome
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- plaque
- Relief
- Women
- Pregnant
- Roman
- Ancient Rome
- Childbirth
- relief sculpture
- Ancient Rome
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0065025
Identifier
- L0065025
- Science Museum A129245
- WHMM R17/1936
- csav4z9x
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:37:42.972Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:37:42.972Z