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Date : approx. between the Ist and the IInd century
Material : Marble
Acquisition : (1922)
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Greek Antiquities
Sculpture
Vitrine : V02
Area related
Greece
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Based on a gold and ivory statue by the Greek sculptor Pheidias or Agorakritos of the late fifth century B.C.
The cult of Kybele, the mother goddess of Anatolia, had been brought to Athens by the fifth century B.C. A statue of the enthroned goddess accompanied by lions and holding a cymbal stood in the Metroön, a prominent building in the Agora of Athens. Over one hundred small marble copies such as this have been found in the Agora.
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