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Cybele figurine
Cybele figurine

Cybele figurine

Π6338
Clay
Restored on lower left
Height: 26 cm.
Chersonissos
Hellenistic period:
380 -340 BC:
Gallery:
XX
Case:
205
Exhibition thematic unit:
Classical - Hellenistic - Roman period (5th c. BC-4th c. AD). Cities and Sanctuaries
Public spectacles - Figurines
Description
Terracotta figurine of enthroned Cybele. The goddess is an imposing figure with a long neck, wearing a polos headdress and a richly pleated floor-length chiton. She is holding a great cymbal in her left hand and a bossed bowl in her right. There is a lion at the foot of the throne. On either side of the throne is a pair of children. The pair on the left, holding a tympanum, are the Corybantes, the sons of the goddess.
Bibliography:
P. Adam-Veleni, I. Zografou, A. Koukouvou, O. Palli, E. Stefani (eds) ΕΙΔΩΛΙΟ: Ένας μικρόκοσμος από πηλό, Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki 2017, p. 301.
Author:
M. K.


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