File:Asklepios Melos BM Sc550.jpg

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English: Colossal head of Asclepios wearing a metal crown (now lost), from a cult statue. Hellenistic artwork.
Français : Tête colossale d'Asclépios portant une couronne métallique (disparue). Œuvre hellénistique.
Date between 325 and 300 BC
Medium Parian marble
medium QS:P186,Q2052367
Dimensions ca. height: 24 in (60.9 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,24U218593
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Main floor, room 22: Alexander the Great
Accession number
GR 1867.5-8.115 (Cat. Sculpture 550)
Object history
English: From the shrine of Asklepios at Melos
Français : Provenance : temple d'Asclépios à Mélos
Credit line Blacas Collection
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
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