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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-ita-041. God Asclepios holding the libation phiale (patera) in his left hand and a sacrificial dove in his raised right hand just before feeding it to a snake, rearing on a ground beside a kline (sofa) and under a trapesa (side-table) with a variety of food items atop; Asclepios' children, the goddess of health, cleanliness, sanitation, and hygiene Hygieia and her brother, the dwarfish god of recovery from illness Telesphoros (?), accompanied by the group of worshippers, witnessing the ritual sacrifice. |
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| Pentelic marble | High relief (Funerary (votive?) stele, carved deco-ration, detail) |
Unknown | Late Classical/ Early Hellenistic, 350-300 BC |
TBD, Attica, Central Greece |
Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco, Rome, Inventory № 138 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Italian Expedition, 29 March - 25 April 2015). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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