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crown : in some cases, as here, the object would seem to be simply
a representation of walls, with openings or gateways at certain
intervals, but not necessarily with turrets ; in other cases, as is
most usual on coins, the diadem appears to indicate a castle or
fortified structure. We have already noticed, in the description of
the head of Juno, PI. I. ante, the occurrence of a modified instance
of this type; and we may call attention now to another and more
complete instance of it in a small statue of this goddess, said to
have come from Athens, and presented some years since to the
Museum by the late J. S. Gaskoin, Esq. This statue we shall have
occasion to notice more fully hereafter. There are abundant
instances in the Galleries of Europe of the occurrence of statues
of Cybele which are more or less consonant with the one now
before us. Perhaps the one that comes nearest to it is that in the
Magnan collection other instances may be seen in the Vescovali
and Mattei collections, in the Museum of the Capitol, and in the
Museo Borbonico.(5) There can be no doubt that the type of the
head-dress is of Oriental origin—a fact which is confirmed by
the curious relief found at Koyunjik, to which we have already
called attention, in our notice of the head of Juno, cited above.
The connection with the Diana of Ephesus has probably arisen
from a fusion of the Greek and Asiatic worships of Rhea and
Cybele. In both there is a reference to the fecundity of Nature,
which is visibly expressed by the symbolic treatment of the statues
of the Ephesian Diana.
The restorations in this head are, the upper part of the crown;
the nose; the lower part of the right cheek and chin; and the
whole of the neck.
It is carved in Parian marble, and its height, independently of
the pedestal, is 11 inches.
* Clarac, PI. 4-10 C. No. 662.
s Vescovali, Clarac, PI. 395, Nos. 661, 662. Mattei, Clarac, PI. 396 A., Nos. 66-1E. & D.
Capitol, Clarac, PL 396 B. No. 661 F. Museo Borbonico, Clarac, PI. 396 E. No. 662 B.
crown : in some cases, as here, the object would seem to be simply
a representation of walls, with openings or gateways at certain
intervals, but not necessarily with turrets ; in other cases, as is
most usual on coins, the diadem appears to indicate a castle or
fortified structure. We have already noticed, in the description of
the head of Juno, PI. I. ante, the occurrence of a modified instance
of this type; and we may call attention now to another and more
complete instance of it in a small statue of this goddess, said to
have come from Athens, and presented some years since to the
Museum by the late J. S. Gaskoin, Esq. This statue we shall have
occasion to notice more fully hereafter. There are abundant
instances in the Galleries of Europe of the occurrence of statues
of Cybele which are more or less consonant with the one now
before us. Perhaps the one that comes nearest to it is that in the
Magnan collection other instances may be seen in the Vescovali
and Mattei collections, in the Museum of the Capitol, and in the
Museo Borbonico.(5) There can be no doubt that the type of the
head-dress is of Oriental origin—a fact which is confirmed by
the curious relief found at Koyunjik, to which we have already
called attention, in our notice of the head of Juno, cited above.
The connection with the Diana of Ephesus has probably arisen
from a fusion of the Greek and Asiatic worships of Rhea and
Cybele. In both there is a reference to the fecundity of Nature,
which is visibly expressed by the symbolic treatment of the statues
of the Ephesian Diana.
The restorations in this head are, the upper part of the crown;
the nose; the lower part of the right cheek and chin; and the
whole of the neck.
It is carved in Parian marble, and its height, independently of
the pedestal, is 11 inches.
* Clarac, PI. 4-10 C. No. 662.
s Vescovali, Clarac, PI. 395, Nos. 661, 662. Mattei, Clarac, PI. 396 A., Nos. 66-1E. & D.
Capitol, Clarac, PL 396 B. No. 661 F. Museo Borbonico, Clarac, PI. 396 E. No. 662 B.