Cybele and Attis - sculptures

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Votive gifts from the Santuario di Attis (IV,I,3). Photo: ICCD E049869.

Statuette of Cybele on a throne with lions.
Dedication by Virius Marcarianus, vir clarissimus.
Height 0.98. Date: 250-275 AD.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
MM01. CIL VI, 513. Photo: Wikimedia, Bujomar.
Statuette of Cybele on a throne with lions.
Height 0.78. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 1165.
MM02. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 122.

Statue of a reclining Attis, with traces of gilding.
Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, numini Attis, ex monitu deae.
Height 1.12, length: 1.60. Date: c. 150 AD.
Vatican, Museo Gregoriano-Profano.
MM03. CIL XIV, 38. Photo: Arachne 21284. Cista mystica in the shape of a modius, with a cock op top.
Dedication by M. Modius Maximus, archigallus coloniae Ostiensis.
Height 0.50. Date: second century?
Vatican, Museo Gregoriano-Profano.
MM04. CIL XIV, 385. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 119a-b.

Bronze statuette of Venus, with red cloth.
Height 0.70. Date: ---.
Vatican, Museo Gregoriano-Profano.
MM05. Photo: Arachne 21375. Altar with the twelve gods, side a.
Height 0.44. Date: 100 BC - 50 AD.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 120.
MM06. Photo: ICCD E023915.

Altar with the twelve gods, side b.
Height 0.44. Date: 100 BC - 50 AD.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 120.
MM06. Photo: ICCD E023916. Altar with the twelve gods, side c.
Height 0.44. Date: 100 BC - 50 AD.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 120.
MM06. Photo: ICCD E023917.

Base of candelabrum, side a. Satyr and panther.
Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 12.
MM07. Photo: Arachne 635922. Base of candelabrum, side b. Dancing satyr.
Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 12.
MM07. Photo: Arachne 635922.

Base of candelabrum, side c. Sacrificing satyr.
Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 12.
MM07. Photo: Arachne 635922. Base of candelabrum, side a. Apollo.
Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 13.
MM07. Photo: Arachne 54986.

Base of candelabrum, side b. Mercurius.
Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 13.
MM07. Photo: Arachne 54986. Base of candelabrum (inv. nr. 13), side c. Hercules.
Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 13.
MM07. Photo: Arachne 54986.

Statuette of a reclining Attis.
Height 0.34, length 0.49. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 173.
MM08. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko. Relief of a reclining Attis.
Height 0.75, length 0.85. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 163.
MM09. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Statuette of Attis-Dionysus on a lion.
Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, ex monitu deae.
Height 1.16. Date: Antonine.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 161.
MM10. EDR172719. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko. Statuette of Attis.
Height 0.72. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 170.
MM11. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 98.

Statuette of Attis (?).
Height 0.58. Date: Antonine.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 169.
MM12. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko. Statuette of Apollo (?).
Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, ex monitu deae.
Height 0.61. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 168.
MM13. EDR073675. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Statuette of an armed dancer (corybant).
Dedication by C. Cartilius [Euplus?].
Height 0.96. Date: Antonine.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 167.
MM14. EDR172718. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko. Statuette of Venus.
Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus.
Height 1.03. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 166.
MM15. EDR172676. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Statuette of Venus.
Height 0.34. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv 166a (or 199?).
MM16. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 102b. Statuette of Venus.
Height 0.38. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 166b (or 192?).
MM17. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 102c.

Statuette of Venus.
Height 0.35. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 193 and 194.
MM18. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 103. Statuette of Fortuna.
Height 0.85. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 171.
MM19. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Pine tree and snake.
Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus to Attis, ex monitu deae.
Height 0.91. Date: second century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 172.
MM20. EDR073673. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko. Frieze with a lion and a deer (part a).
Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, numini Attis, ex monitu deae.
Height 0.33. Date: Antonine.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 162.
MM21. EDR172717. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Frieze with a bear and a panther (part b).
Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, numini Attis, ex monitu deae.
Height 0.33. Date: Antonine.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 162.
MM21. EDR172717. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko. Frieze with a lion (part c).
Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, numini Attis, ex monitu deae.
Height 0.33. Date: Antonine.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 162.
MM21. EDR172717. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Statuette of the bull Apis.
Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus.
Height 0.75, length 0.58. Date: Antonine.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 164.
MM22. EDR172677. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 95a-c. Statue of Dionysus.
Dedication by Volusianus vir clarissimus, ex praefe(c)tis, tauroboliatus.
Height 1.33. Date: 366-390 AD (reused).
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 165.
MM24. EDR073502. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Armoured statue (Vespasianus?).
Height 1.77. Date: late first century.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 1245.
MM26. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko. Portrait of Vespasianus.
H. 0.40. Date: Flavian, posthumous.
Museo Nazionale Romano.
MM33. Photo: Jan Theo Bakker.

Portrait of Trajanus.
Height 0.37. Date: late-Trajanic.
Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Profano.
MM34. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 135. Portrait of Antinous as priest.
Height 0.265. Date: around 130 AD.
Museo Nazionale Romano.
MM35. Photo: Jan Theo Bakker.

Portrait of Lucius Verus.
Height 0.37. Date: 140-150 AD.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 47.
MM36. Photo: Arachne 24129. Portrait of a woman (Didia Clara? Julia Domna?).
Height 0.22. Date: late-Antonine / early-Severan.
Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Profano.
MM37. Photo: Arachne 34978.

Portrait of a woman (Plotina? Matidia?).
Height 0.08. Date: Trajanic.
Museo Ostiense. Inv. 281.
MM38. Photo: Scavi di Ostia V, Tav. 53 nr. 91. Small head of Attis
From the Episcopium in Portus.
Photo: ICCD F011969B.

Cippus with symbols of Attis.
From the Isola Sacra necropolis.
Museo Ostiense.
Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko. Lid of a sarcophagus with an archigallus.
From the Isola Sacra necropolis, tomb 75.
Date: second half of the third century.
Museo Ostiense.
Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Relief of an archigallus.
From the Isola Sacra necropolis, tomb 75.
Date: second half of the third century.
Museo Ostiense.
Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko. Relief of an archigallus.
From the Isola Sacra necropolis, tomb 75.
Date: second half of the third century.
Museo Ostiense.
Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.


Votive gifts from the Santuario di Attis (IV,I,3). Photo: ICCD E049869.

Statuette of Cybele on a throne with lions. Dedication by Virius Marcarianus, vir clarissimus. Height 0.98. Date: 250-275 AD. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. MM01. CIL VI, 513. Photo: Wikimedia, Bujomar.	Statuette of Cybele on a throne with lions. Height 0.78. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 1165. MM02. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 122.

Statue of a reclining Attis, with traces of gilding. Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, numini Attis, ex monitu deae. Height 1.12, length: 1.60. Date: c. 150 AD. Vatican, Museo Gregoriano-Profano. MM03. CIL XIV, 38. Photo: Arachne 21284.	Cista mystica in the shape of a modius, with a cock op top. Dedication by M. Modius Maximus, archigallus coloniae Ostiensis. Height 0.50. Date: second century? Vatican, Museo Gregoriano-Profano. MM04. CIL XIV, 385. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 119a-b.

Bronze statuette of Venus, with red cloth. Height 0.70. Date: ---. Vatican, Museo Gregoriano-Profano. MM05. Photo: Arachne 21375.	Altar with the twelve gods, side a. Height 0.44. Date: 100 BC - 50 AD. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 120. MM06. Photo: ICCD E023915.

Altar with the twelve gods, side b. Height 0.44. Date: 100 BC - 50 AD. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 120. MM06. Photo: ICCD E023916.	Altar with the twelve gods, side c. Height 0.44. Date: 100 BC - 50 AD. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 120. MM06. Photo: ICCD E023917.

Base of candelabrum, side a. Satyr and panther. Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 12. MM07. Photo: Arachne 635922.	Base of candelabrum, side b. Dancing satyr. Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 12. MM07. Photo: Arachne 635922.

Base of candelabrum, side c. Sacrificing satyr. Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 12. MM07. Photo: Arachne 635922.	Base of candelabrum, side a. Apollo. Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 13. MM07. Photo: Arachne 54986.

Base of candelabrum, side b. Mercurius. Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 13. MM07. Photo: Arachne 54986.	Base of candelabrum (inv. nr. 13), side c. Hercules. Height 0.70. Date: period of Augustus. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 13. MM07. Photo: Arachne 54986.

Statuette of a reclining Attis. Height 0.34, length 0.49. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 173. MM08. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.	Relief of a reclining Attis. Height 0.75, length 0.85. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 163. MM09. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Statuette of Attis-Dionysus on a lion. Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, ex monitu deae. Height 1.16. Date: Antonine. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 161. MM10. EDR172719. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.	Statuette of Attis. Height 0.72. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 170. MM11. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 98.

Statuette of Attis (?). Height 0.58. Date: Antonine. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 169. MM12. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.	Statuette of Apollo (?). Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, ex monitu deae. Height 0.61. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 168. MM13. EDR073675. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Statuette of an armed dancer (corybant). Dedication by C. Cartilius [Euplus?]. Height 0.96. Date: Antonine. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 167. MM14. EDR172718. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.	Statuette of Venus. Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus. Height 1.03. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 166. MM15. EDR172676. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Statuette of Venus. Height 0.34. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv 166a (or 199?). MM16. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 102b.	Statuette of Venus. Height 0.38. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 166b (or 192?). MM17. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 102c.

Statuette of Venus. Height 0.35. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 193 and 194. MM18. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 103.	Statuette of Fortuna. Height 0.85. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 171. MM19. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Pine tree and snake. Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus to Attis, ex monitu deae. Height 0.91. Date: second century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 172. MM20. EDR073673. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.	Frieze with a lion and a deer (part a). Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, numini Attis, ex monitu deae. Height 0.33. Date: Antonine. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 162. MM21. EDR172717. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Frieze with a bear and a panther (part b). Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, numini Attis, ex monitu deae. Height 0.33. Date: Antonine. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 162. MM21. EDR172717. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.	Frieze with a lion (part c). Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus, numini Attis, ex monitu deae. Height 0.33. Date: Antonine. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 162. MM21. EDR172717. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Statuette of the bull Apis. Dedication by C. Cartilius Euplus. Height 0.75, length 0.58. Date: Antonine. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 164. MM22. EDR172677. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 95a-c.	Statue of Dionysus. Dedication by Volusianus vir clarissimus, ex praefe(c)tis, tauroboliatus. Height 1.33. Date: 366-390 AD (reused). Museo Ostiense. Inv. 165. MM24. EDR073502. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Armoured statue (Vespasianus?). Height 1.77. Date: late first century. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 1245. MM26. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.	Portrait of Vespasianus. H. 0.40. Date: Flavian, posthumous. Museo Nazionale Romano. MM33. Photo: Jan Theo Bakker.

Portrait of Trajanus. Height 0.37. Date: late-Trajanic. Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Profano. MM34. Photo: Rieger 2004, Abb. 135.	Portrait of Antinous as priest. Height 0.265. Date: around 130 AD. Museo Nazionale Romano. MM35. Photo: Jan Theo Bakker.

Portrait of Lucius Verus. Height 0.37. Date: 140-150 AD. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 47. MM36. Photo: Arachne 24129.	Portrait of a woman (Didia Clara? Julia Domna?). Height 0.22. Date: late-Antonine / early-Severan. Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Profano. MM37. Photo: Arachne 34978.

Portrait of a woman (Plotina? Matidia?). Height 0.08. Date: Trajanic. Museo Ostiense. Inv. 281. MM38. Photo: Scavi di Ostia V, Tav. 53 nr. 91.	Small head of Attis From the Episcopium in Portus. Photo: ICCD F011969B.

Cippus with symbols of Attis. From the Isola Sacra necropolis. Museo Ostiense. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.	Lid of a sarcophagus with an archigallus. From the Isola Sacra necropolis, tomb 75. Date: second half of the third century. Museo Ostiense. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.

Relief of an archigallus. From the Isola Sacra necropolis, tomb 75. Date: second half of the third century. Museo Ostiense. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.	Relief of an archigallus. From the Isola Sacra necropolis, tomb 75. Date: second half of the third century. Museo Ostiense. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.