Marble pillar with snake and wreath, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, Pentelic ?, h. 14 5/8 in (37.2 cm), Stone Sculpture, This pillar may be either votive or sepulchral. The snake is both an attribute of the healing god Asklepios, suggesting this object may have been a thank offering on behalf of one cured of an illness, and a potent symbol of the underworld, alluding perhaps to a funereal function
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Marble pillar, snake, wreath, Imperial, 1st–2nd century .D, Roman, Marble, Pentelic ?, h, 14 5/8, 37.2 cm, Stone Sculpture, pillar, votive, sepulchral, attribute, healing god, Asklepios, suggesting, object, thank offering, behalf, cured, illness, potent symbol, underworld, alluding perhaps, funereal function
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