It was unearthed at the site along with a great number of other ancient sculptures and inscriptions which were presented to the British Museum in 1861.

It was excavated by the British explorers and amateur archaeologists Captain Robert Murdoch Smith and Commander Edwin A. Porcher.

The statue was found broken into 121 pieces, lying near the large plinth where it originally stood.

As the god of music, he is shown playing a kithara while a python nestles round a quiver[1] by his left leg.

The statue has a curious mixture of masculine and feminine characteristics, which reflects its Hellenistic origin.