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290 CATALOGUE OP SCULPTURE.side of the head. A heavy metal wreath was fastened bynumerous rivets, which still remain. The head wasformed of three principal pieces of marble, the heaviestpiece being so shaped that it kept its position by its ownweight. The piece at the back of the head is lost. Asmall piece, which is now missing, was also attachedbehind the right ear.This head would serve as well for Zeus as for Asclepios,and it is possible that this may have been the originalintention of the artist. It was, however, discovered in1828, in a Shrine of Asclepios, in Melos. Blofias Coll.Parian marble ; height, 1 foot 11 inches. Exp. de Mur^e, III.pi. 29, fig. 1 ; Miiller-Wieseler, Denkmaeler, II., pi. 60, fig. 763 ;Overbeck, Gr. Kunstinytli, pi. 2, figs. 11, 12 ; II., p. 88 ;Murray,Greek Sculpture, II., pi. 11, p. 130; Mitchell, Selections, pi. 13;Rayet, Monuments, II., No. 42; Stereoscopic, No. 118; Wolters,No. 1283 ; Paris, Lt Sculpt. Ant., p. 221. Two votive inscriptionsto Asclepios and Hygieia were discovered with the head.One of these, with a votive relief of a leg, is now in the BritishMuseum (No. 809).551, Asclepios ? A male draped torso broken off at the knees ;the right arm is wanting from below the shoulder, whereit has been fitted with a joint. The left arm, which isentirely concealed in the mantle, is placed akimbo. Theback is unfinished. The composition is suitable to a figureof Asclepios, an attribution which was probably originallysuggested by the fact that this torso was obtained byLord Elgin from the neighbourhood of Epidauros. Twosmall fragments of the right leg were brought away withthe torso.Parian marble; height, 3 feet IJ inches. Mns. Marbles, IX., pi. 5;Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 121 ; Synopsis, No. 327 ; Elgin RoomG«»