This statuette represents a doctor treating a patient by sucking out some substance—probably venom—from his arm.
Provenance: unknown.
Substance: limestone.
Dimensions: 36 x 24 x 11 cm.
Era: Roman.
Text: Fortin (p. 325).
Photo credit: Jacques Lessard.
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
Michel Fortin, Syria, Land of Civilization. Les Éditions de l'Homme, Musée de la Civilisation de Québec 1999.
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