Top left: Relief depicting a family of worshippers approach Asklepios and ...
| Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
| Title: | Votive relief to Zeus Melichios? |
| Context: | Probably from Attica |
| Findspot: | Said to be from Attica |
| Summary: | Five worshippers approach a god on a throne |
| Object Function: | Votive |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Single monument |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Medium relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 375 BC - ca. 350 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.25 m; W. 0.40 m |
| Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Subject Description: On the left sits a bearded god (probably Zeus Melichios) on a throne, profile to the right. He wears wreath (?) around his head, and a himation draped around his legs and over his left shoulder. He supports a scepter with his upraised left hand, and holds his right hand at waist level, towards the worshippers. In front of him are assembled five worshippers, the foremost of whom--a woman dressed in a himation over a chiton--kneels at his feet, and holds her clenched hands toward him. Behind her stands a man, shown in 3/4-view to the left, with a himation draped over his left shoulder and his right hand raised in adoration. At his side is a small girl, also standing in 3/4 view to the left. She is followed by a hunched servant (?), advancing in 3/4-view to the left with his right foot, and a female servant (?), standing nearly frontal, with a large cylindrical box on her head. She slightly overlaps the right anta.
Form & Style: The relief is enclosed in an architectural frame comprised of two antae supporting a flat architrave on which 7 antefixes are engraved.
Condition: Intact
Condition Description: The relief is intact, but missing some chips from the upper edge. The surface of the relief bears stains and root marks, but the carving is well preserved.
Material Description: "Pentelic," according to Svoronos
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