Mold andalusí for votive offerings of lead

Abstract

In this paper, we studied a mold of lead for votive offerings found in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, the city of al-Andalus called Šarīš. The piece is of Almohad chronology (12th - 13th). This mold provides valuable information about the world of the talismanic magic. Two figures are identified: the first corresponds to the top of an anthropomorphic representation (possible representation of the “Mother goddess”), while the second could correspond to a cow.