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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Ankara pictures >> Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum >> Phrygian objects > Cybele
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11-May-2018

Cybele

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This statue was found in the forecourt of the south east gate at Bogazkale. She is accompanied by two musicians, one playing a double flute, the other a cithara.

The goddess is wearing a so-called ‘polos’-hat.
Limestone. Height: 126 cm. Dated 6th century BC (Phrygian period).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.


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