CIMRM 786 - Statue, possibly Aesculapius. Merida, Spain.
From: Flickr. By Peter Stewart, 2009.
Statue, possibly of Aesculapius, supposedly from the Merida Mithraeum.
CIMRM entry
786.
Marble statue (H. 1.20), found in 1902. Mus. Merida, Inv. No. 120.
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?).
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