Votive relief Asklepios BM 809

The British Museum, London, United Kingdom

Artist/Maker Unknown

Votive relief for the cure of a bad leg, inscription “Tyche [dedicated this] to Asklepios and Hygieia as a thanking gift”. Marble, ca. 100–200 AD. Found in 1828 in a sanctuary in Milos, Aegean Sea.

Dimensions H. 31 cm (12 in.), W. 20.5 cm (8 in.)

Credit line Blacas Collection; purchase, 1867

Accession number GR 1867.5-8.117 (Cat. Sculpture 809)

Location Upper floor, Room 69, Greece and Rome: Daily Life, case 3

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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