Seated statue of a Mother-goddess breast-feeding two tweens (kourotrophos)
Limestone from Melilli.550 BCE.
Height 78 cm. Inv. No. 53234.Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”Photo by Ilya Shurygin
Seated statue of a Mother-goddess breast-feeding two tweens (kourotrophos).
Limestone from Melilli.
550 BCE.
Height 78 cm.
550 BCE.
Height 78 cm.
Inv. No. 53234.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”
(Museo Archeologico Regionale “Paolo Orsi”).
Origin:
Sicily, Megara Hyblaea, west necropolis, 1952. Local manufacture.
Credits:
© 2018. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
Data: museum annotation.
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque ρωμαϊκή romana roman römische romaine ρέα σιλβία ιλία rea rhea silvia ilia rhéa mater matuta μεγάλη ελλάδα magna graecia grecia grande-grèce κηδεία funeral funerary funeraria funerario begräbnisskulptur beerdigung funéraire ἄγαλμα άγαλμα statua statuae statue statues statui statuen statuons limestone from melilli
sitting seated of a mother-goddess breast-feeding two tweens
kourotrophos kourotrophus
grande madre grande dea bona mater
from megara hyblaea inv no 53234
