Consecration Relief to Kybele (Berlin SK 691)
The consecration relief on Kybele in the Berlin Antikensammlung is an Attic consecration relief for the Asian goddess Cybele from the classical phase of ancient Greek art.
A broken relief part is missing in the upper right corner, there is also a broken edge on the right side. It is assumed that this was followed by a relief part that was once again as wide as can be deduced from the peg part in the middle of the relief preserved on the underside. At the side the relief was framed by antas , which, however, recede so much into the background in the flat relief that the viewer hardly noticed them. The relief is made of Pentelic marble , 56 cm high and 43 cm wide. Allegedly it was found in Piraeus and acquired for the Berlin Antikensammlung in 1877 and is now exhibited in the Altes Museum .
On the left edge of the picture you can see a goddess sitting on a throne. It is about the mystical mother goddess Cybele from Asia Minor , who was simply referred to as “meter” ( mother ) in Athens . In her right, forward outstretched hand she holds a fluted donation bowl, with the fingertips of his left hand to raised above a used in the cult tympanum (a frame drum). Cybele is dressed in an Ionic chiton with buttoned mock sleeves. A cloak lies over her shoulders and parts of her head, her hair is adorned with a tiara . The throne is very elaborately designed. Its square legs are decorated like volutes in the lower part , the front ones in the upper part are finished with volutes. The backrest probably ended in a pine cone , but this cannot be verified due to the breakage. The armrest is supported by a small sphinx . A little lion lies in front of the throne.
In front of the enthroned deity stands another, younger goddess with a torch. She is also dressed in a chiton and coat. In her you will have to see one of the younger mystical deities, such as Hecate or Kore , who are among the companions of the Cybele. On the right edge you can still see the remains of a young, naked, male figure with a small oinochoe . It must be Hermes- Cadmilos. The relief recalls the representation of Cybele at one of Phidias -Students Agoracritus created for her sanctuary in Athens statue. The relief evidently takes up this well-known work.
literature
- Votive relief on Cybele . In: Königliche Museen zu Berlin (Ed.): Description of the ancient sculptures with the exclusion of the Pergamene finds . Spemann, Berlin 1891, pp. 257-258 No. 691.
- Carl Blümel : The Classical Greek Sculptures of the State Museums in Berlin. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1966, No. K 106.
- Max Kunze : Consecration to Kybele , in: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Prussian cultural property. Antikensammlung (Ed.): The Antikensammlung in the Pergamon Museum and in Charlottenburg . von Zabern, Mainz 1992, ISBN 3-8053-1187-7 , pp. 128-129.
Web links
- Consecration relief to Cybele in the Arachne archaeological database
Remarks
- ↑ Inventory number SK 691.
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '15 " N , 13 ° 23' 47" E