Aesculapius of Merida

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.

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Estatua que representa a un personaje de pie, apoyando el peso del cuerpo en la pierna derecha, quedando la otra exonerada. Lleva un manto que, dejand…