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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.508
Title
Stone Mold of Cybele
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
mold
Date
4th century BCE
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290847

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
13.6 x 14.2 cm (5 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Prof. Simkhovitch.
Robinson Collection.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinston
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.508
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Cybele holds a cymbal. Horns on her headdress. Lower half missing.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 34, no. 289
  • Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Kybele (S) 57a.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • Echoes from Mount Olympus: The Minor Arts of Classical Antiquity, University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley

Verification Level

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