Marble Statuette of Kybele in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008

Marble Statuette of Kybele
Roman, 1st-2nd century AD
Based on a gold and ivory statue by the Greek sculptor Pheidias or Agorakritos of the late 5th century BC

Accession # 22.139.24

The cult of Kybele, the mother goddess of Anatolia, had been brought to Athens by the 5th century BC. A statue of the enthroned goddess accompanied by lions and holding a cymbal stood in the Metroon, a prominent building in the Agora- the marketplace- of Athens. Over one hundred small marble copies such as this have been found in the Agora.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.