Monumentum
Aesculapius of Merida
This standing sculptural figure from Mérida appears to carry the serpent staff, characteristic of the medicine god Aesculapius.
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
22 Jan 2022
Aesclepius of Mérida
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Marble statue (H. 1.20), found in 1902. Mus. Merida, Inv. No. 120.
Standing male person, dressed in a folded garment, which leaves the breast uncovered. Head, hands and feet are missing. Paris sees a snake in one of the folds (Aesculapius?).
Paris in RA XXIV, 1914, 14f No. 15 and fig. 11; Melida in BAH 1914,448 No. 6 and Pl. V; Cat. Badajoz, No. 1092; Pidal, Hist. Esp. II, 433 and fig. 234; Garcia y Bellido, Culto, fig. 14.
Standing male person, dressed in a folded garment, which leaves the breast uncovered. Head, hands and feet are missing. Paris sees a snake in one of the folds (Aesculapius?).
Paris in RA XXIV, 1914, 14f No. 15 and fig. 11; Melida in BAH 1914,448 No. 6 and Pl. V; Cat. Badajoz, No. 1092; Pidal, Hist. Esp. II, 433 and fig. 234; Garcia y Bellido, Culto, fig. 14.