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263 : Statue of Asklepios. Pentelic marble
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Found in the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidauros. The god leans
on a staff, around which his sacred animal, the snake, is coiled
The statue belongs to the Este type and copies an original of the 4th c. BC.
About AD 160.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece
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