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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1931.50.36 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name plaque Description Roman jet plaque decorated with the figure of the god Attis (Atys), consort of the Phrygian mother goddess, Cybele. Found at Castle Hill Roman Villa. Attis wears a Phrygian cap, which has become confused/conflated with the domed pilleum, a symbol of libertas, worn during the ancient December festivities of Saturnalia.The object has been identified as part of the LGBT+ collections as it depicts the mythical figure of Attis. Attis was the lover of Cybele, an hermaphrodite deity whose followers were castrated males who dressed as females. Production period Roman Material stone, jet Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1931.50.36
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

plaque
Description

Roman jet plaque decorated with the figure of the god Attis (Atys), consort of the Phrygian mother goddess, Cybele. Found at Castle Hill Roman Villa. Attis wears a Phrygian cap, which has become confused/conflated with the domed pilleum, a symbol of libertas, worn during the ancient December festivities of Saturnalia.The object has been identified as part of the LGBT+ collections as it depicts the mythical figure of Attis. Attis was the lover of Cybele, an hermaphrodite deity whose followers were castrated males who dressed as females.
Production period

Roman
Material

stone, jet

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