Terracotta votive group, with the depiction of a snake, Aesculapius, and two goddesses on a couch (483)

Found in the rooms to the south of the palestra of the Terme del Foro (I,XII,6), so in the Sede di una corporazione (I,XII,8).
The goddesses are perhaps Ceres and Proserpina. The group may be related to a lectisternium, a meal at which the gods were thought to be present, lying on a lectus. The reference to new life (Ceres / Proserpina), and the relation that was made by the Romans between baths and health suggests that it was held during an epidemic.

Arachne 1074127. Guida p. 23-24 nr. 22. SO XI, nr. A32. Photo: ICCD E027339.