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LSA-2540 Statue of Cybele set up by Virius Marcarianus. From Ostia. Late third to fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Ostia Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Farnese collection since 1662. Marcarianus' name appears as a tauroboliatus on cippus at Sanctuary of Magna Mater in Ostia; thus the statue is assumed to have originally come from Ostia.
Current Location: Naples, Museo Nazionale, inv. no. 6371
OBJECT
Object: Statue Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: Hairstyle: Height(cm): 98
Attributes: Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand: Cybele Position: Gender: Female
Awarder: Virius Marcarianus Position: Other Officials of Rome
DATE
Earliest: 250 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Guadagno, G. 'La Cibele Farnese del Museo Nazionale di Napoli', Archeologia Classica 18, Rome 1966, 72-82, pls. 26-30 (dates before 280 on basis of style of statue)

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 513

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