Marble votive of Asklepios

Marble votive of Asklepios

Marble votive relief from the Asklepieion in Piraeus. Asklepios is depicted leaning on his staff at the right, with his sacred snake coiled behind him. Before him is an altar, to which a young slave leads a sacrificial ram. Behind the slave are worshippers, a man and wife and their child, and a slave. 400-375 BC.