Terra-cotta statuettes were placed in the tombs of lesser Macedonians as inexpensive grave gifts. They were used also as votive offerings and perhaps as devotional images in households. This figure, from a mid-second century BC grave of Veroia, depicts Aphrodite, the goddess of love, seated on a throne while tenderly nursing her infant son, Eros. Made of reddish clay with a grayish substance applied to the sandal straps, bracelets, and crown to convey the effect of precious metal, the statue is 15 3/4 inches high.