377: Votive Relief of a Sandal
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/2/2/57 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 73.4 x 45.9 cm |
| Scope and Content | Card base with two black and white photographs and one illustration attached, labelled with pasted letters a-c. The number 377 is pasted in the lower left corner. "Relief to Asklepios G.P.Byzantinos" is written in in in the lower right corner; "The sandal is 22 in. high" is written in ink in a smaller size on the left side of the base. Each image has beside it a later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Votive relief of a sandal, dedicated by Silon to Askleipios: found near the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Athens: c. 300 B.C. a. The sandal. The curious sinkings probably represent the openings in the sandal for its straps. The relief may commemorate the cure of a foot disease. But, since is it the sandal, not the foot, that is represented, it may record an escape from snake-bite by the thickness of the sandal. (G.P. Byzantinos). b. The whole monument, showing the sandal, snake and inscription. c. The inscription: in this drawing the sandal has been removed from the plinth." |
| Notes | In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Special Studies and Reconstructions" |
| Related records |
[1936/2/2/57/1], Sub-item, 377a: Votive Relief of a Sandal
[1936/2/2/57/2], Sub-item, 377b: Votive Relief of a Sandal [1936/2/2/57/3], Sub-item, 377c: Votive Relief of a Sandal [BSA SPHS/1/2820.7206], View of the sandal from stele dedicated to Asclepios., Latest 1905 [BSA SPHS/1/2821.7207], View of the stele dedicated to Asclepios with the sandal attached., Latest 1905 [BSA SPHS/1/6841.C6850], View of the work of W.S. George as shown at the 1936 exhibition at Burlington House, London: 339 and 340. The Acropolis of Athens, 341. Fresco of a Young Armed Warrior (Acropolis Museum), 342. Head of Seti I, in soft limestone, once coloured. XIXth dynast, 1936 |