Corpus cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA). III, Italia, Latium

532 Pages·1977·21.131 MB·English

by  Maarten Jozef Vermaseren

CORPUS CULTUS
CYBELAE ATTIDISQUE
(CCCA)
Ill. ITA LIA - LATIUM
ETUDES PRELIMINAIRES
AUX RELIGIONS ORIENTALES
DANS L'EMPIRE ROMAIN
PUBLIEES PAR
M. J. VERMASEREN
TOME CINQUANTIEME
M. J. VERMASEREN
CORPUS CULTUS
CYBELAE ATTIDISQUE
(CCCA)
Ill. ITALIA-LATIUM
LEIDEN
J.
E. BRILL
1977
J.
M. VERMASEREN
CORPUS CULTUS
CYBELAE ATTIDISQUE
(CCCA)
Ill. ITALIA-LATIUM
WITH 10 FIGURES, AND 302 ILLUSTRATIONS
LEIDEN
J.
E. BRILL
1977
ISBN 90 04 05399 9
9004 05400 6
Copyright 1977 by E. J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or
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UXORI
MARIAE ELISABETH CLARAE
EX MONITU
L.L.D.D.

CONTENTS
Preface ... IX
Bibliography XI
Rome ... I
Places where the Finds were made. . 3
Exact Place where the Finds were made not known ;
preserved in Rome. . . . . . . . . . .. 62
Exact Place where the Finds were made not known;
preserved outside Rome . . . . . 82
Exact Place where the Finds were made known; Rome
or near Rome, outside the Aurelian Wall 93
Ostia and Portus . . . !O5
Other Cities in Latium . 145
Indices. . . . . . . 159
General Index. . . 159
Epigraphical Index. 170
Names of Persons. 179
List of Consuls. . . 183
List of Emperors and Empresses 183
Administrative and Military Grades and Functions 184
Religious Grades and Functions. . . . 185
Chronological List. . . . . . . . . . 187
Index of the Corresponding Inscriptions. 188
Acknowledgements of the Plates
Plates I-CCCII

PREFACE
Since the publication of Henri Graillot's well-known book
Le culte de Cybele, Paris 1912, no attempt has been made to collect
all the documents connected with the important cult of Cybele
and Attis. This does not imply, however, that the cult has been
ignored during the last sixty years or more. Scholars such as
Franz Cumont, Charles Picard and Pieter Lambrechts have studied
various aspects of this cult, which was introduced from Asia
Minor into Rome at the time of the second Punic war and subse-
quently spread throughout all the provinces of the Roman Empire.
These studies were naturally seriously affected by the fact that
no Corpus was available.
When compiling such a Corpus, one quickly becomes aware
that certain omissions are unavoidable, if such wide geographical
and bibliographical fields are to be covered. In areas such as Asia
Minor new excavations continue to bring new monuments and
inscriptions to light, and interesting publications are still being
prepared.
Though the monuments of these countries are no less important,
it seems better to start with the volumes covering Europe, in
order that a larger number of the as yet unpublished monuments
of Asia Minor may be included.
On the other hand, not all female heads with a mural crown
are included, nor are all monuments of the disputed Attis "fune-
raire". Of the latter I give a more or less arbitrary selection, since
I am of the opinion that the subject deserves a separate Corpus
and a more detailed study.
I have tried as much as possible to make a personal study of the
extensive documentary material in the various Museums, but I
am nevertheless much indebted to the many collaborators of the
EPRO-series and museum directors who provided me with photo-
graphs and well documented descriptions of the monuments.
In the fifteen year period during which the Corpus has been
prepared, I have enjoyed the kind assistance of my wife, to whom
x PREFACE
this volume is dedicated. My gratitude is due also to my pupil
Miss Margreet B. de Boer for her help. Mr. J. ]. V. H. Derksen and
his wife Franca provided me with scholarly assistance and accurate
line-drawings as they have done for so many other books in the
Etudes preliminaires. But our joint efforts would all have been in
vain, if the publishers had not been prepared to reproduce the
complete photographic documentary material.
1st]a nuary 1976