Votive Relief to Cybele, general view

Votive Relief to Cybele, detail of Cybele: legs and lion on lap

Votive Relief to Cybele, detail of head and upper torso of Cybele

Votive Relief to Cybele, detail of Cybele

Votive Relief to Cybele, detail of worshipper at right and Cybele

Votive Relief to Cybele, detail of worshipper at left and Cybele

Collection: Berlin, Antikenmuseen
Title: Votive relief to Cybele
Findspot: Found at Piraeus
Summary: Cybele seated in a naiskos with worshippers
Object Function: Votive
Material: Marble
Sculpture Type: Stele, relief-decorated
Category: Single monument
Style: Late Classical
Original or Copy: Original
Date: ca. 350 BC - ca. 325 BC
Dimensions:

H 0.50 m, W 0.36 m, D 0.18 m

Scale: Miniature
Region: Attica
Period: Late Classical


Condition: Nearly complete

Condition Description:

The upper left corner of the naiskos was broken but is mended. Both corner acroteria are missing. Surface is weathered.

Material Description:

Pentelic marble (Blümel)

Technique Description:

Cybele in relief of medium depth; the worshippers in low relief.

Collection History:

Acquired in 1879 by Lolling.

Sources Used:

Blümel 1966, no. 94 (with full bib.)