Personal: Source D Marble Relief Leg

Question 1

What is the context of the marble relief ?

Answer 1

Tyxh was a woman giving this in thanks at the island of Melos in the 2nd Century AD
It’s a marble relief representing part of the left leg with an inscription from Tyche to Asclepius and Hygeia as thanks

Question 2

What is the limitation of the source’s provenance ?

Answer 2

Dates to 2nd Century AD putting it under Roman imperial influence
- cultural influence and practices may have changed

Question 3

What does the offering itself as in the act of offering show ?

Answer 3

People are prepared to give up health to buy high quality materials for healing- the importance of being healed

Question 4

What does the offering show considering dynamic between god and mortal ?

Answer 4

Reciprocal relationship
- offering it return for receiving deliverance

Question 5

How’s is the process personal ?

Answer 5

Choice, visited and offering

Question 6

How is the source helpful ?

Answer 6

• we learn about the individual experience with the divine
• evidence for encounter with the god that heals then
• healing of ailments occurred in the sanctuary: it’s giving thanks for being healed

Question 7

Why is the source not useful ?

Answer 7

• no evidence on how the individual was healed: was it snakes, dog or leech’s or perhaps the staff
• little detail around the involvement of those who administered the sanctuary: no mention to the actions of physicians or priests