File:Gadara Museum 1287.jpg
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English: Over-life size goddess (I myself don’t know how large they were in life, but this is the notice speaking) made from white marble. She is shown enthroned, holding a cornucopia as a symbol of fertility in het left hand. The missing head was veiled and possibly bore a turreted crown. Its identification as Tyche, the personification and and patron of the Hellenized city is not certain but very likely. The monumental statue was created in a workshop in Asia Minor and imported from there to Gadara. Found in the lowest rows of the seats (prohedria) in the orchestra of the western theatre.
The Dumont German guidebook I use a lot indicates the cornucopia indicates she was there as goddess of the theatrical arts, if she were represented as protectress of the town she would have worn a steering rudder (Steuerruder). |
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