Votive relief to Asklepios and his daughters
| Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
| Title: | Votive relief to Asklepios and his daughters |
| Context: | From Athens, Acropolis (S. Slope) |
| Findspot: | Excavated at Athens, Acropolis, Asklepieion (South Slope) |
| Summary: | Asklepios, Iaso, Panakeia, and a laborer |
| Object Function: | Votive |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Low relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 400 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.26 m; W. (pres.) 0.28 m |
| Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Subject Description: In the center stands Asklepios, in 3/4-view to the right. He rests his weight on his forward left foot, and wears his himation around his waist. Behind him stand two of his daughters (probably Iaso and Panakeia), dressed in chitons, and shown in 3/4-view to the right. Across from them stands a man, at almost half the scale of Asklepios, dressed as a laborer, with conical pilos (helmet) and exomis. According to Karouzou, the accompanying inscription says that he is a wagon driver, who erected this relief as thanks to the god for saving him from danger.
Form & Style: This relief is not framed.
Condition: Single piece
Condition Description: Missing the right side and the upper left corner.
Material Description: "Pentelic" marble according to Svoronos
Inscription: According to Svoronos the name of the worshipper is inscribed above his head. Only the first two letters of each of two lines are preserved: *S*O*I
*A*N[*E*Q*H*K*E]
Associated Building: Athens, Asklepieion
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