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The Mother-goddess and her pare'dros 301
genitals. Finally, he bears on his breast an aedicula with a half-
length figure of Attis, and on his head a bay-wreath of gold (?)
adorned with three medallions1 representing a bust of Zeus between
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Fig. 193.
two busts of Attis, while both ends of his whip-handle exhibit the
same bearded head of Zeus. A pendant to this relief is furnished
by another, formerly in the Villa Mattei and now in the Vatican
(fig. 194)2, which portrays Laberia Felicia, chief priestess of
1 A broken diadem in gilt bronze,' which came from Rome to Berlin, shows a bay-
wreath decorated with two medallions (busts of Kybele and Attis) with a rosette between
them (A. Furtwangler in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1892 vii Arch. Anz. p. 111).
On such diadems see supra i. 22, cp. i. 354, and Brit. Mus. Cat. Jewellery p. 364
nos. 3044, 3045 pi. 70.
2 Visconti Mus. Pie-Cltfm. vii. 107 ff. pi. 18 ( = my fig. 194), Baumeister Denkm. ii. 802
fig. 868, Reinach Rep. Reliefs iii. 410 no. 3, Amelung Sculpt. Vatic, ii. 6(4 f. no. 403
pi. 58. Height 1'04m, breadth o'74ni. Fine-grained, light grey marble. Restored: upper
part of scallop, head and neck, part of left breast, left hand with wreath and parts of
garland, right lower arm with hand and patera.
genitals. Finally, he bears on his breast an aedicula with a half-
length figure of Attis, and on his head a bay-wreath of gold (?)
adorned with three medallions1 representing a bust of Zeus between
J
Fig. 193.
two busts of Attis, while both ends of his whip-handle exhibit the
same bearded head of Zeus. A pendant to this relief is furnished
by another, formerly in the Villa Mattei and now in the Vatican
(fig. 194)2, which portrays Laberia Felicia, chief priestess of
1 A broken diadem in gilt bronze,' which came from Rome to Berlin, shows a bay-
wreath decorated with two medallions (busts of Kybele and Attis) with a rosette between
them (A. Furtwangler in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1892 vii Arch. Anz. p. 111).
On such diadems see supra i. 22, cp. i. 354, and Brit. Mus. Cat. Jewellery p. 364
nos. 3044, 3045 pi. 70.
2 Visconti Mus. Pie-Cltfm. vii. 107 ff. pi. 18 ( = my fig. 194), Baumeister Denkm. ii. 802
fig. 868, Reinach Rep. Reliefs iii. 410 no. 3, Amelung Sculpt. Vatic, ii. 6(4 f. no. 403
pi. 58. Height 1'04m, breadth o'74ni. Fine-grained, light grey marble. Restored: upper
part of scallop, head and neck, part of left breast, left hand with wreath and parts of
garland, right lower arm with hand and patera.