Object Description
An Ancient Roman bronze statuette of the Graeco-Roman god Attis, Atys. He is depicted in an animated stance with the slight lean of ‘contraposto’ evident in his raised hips and slanted shoulder. His left arm is raised above his head and it may have held a staff or disc in antiquity. His right arm is folded towards his chest holding an object close. As a god of vegetation, it could have been a cornucopia, a symbol of copiousness. He is depicted in his general representation within classical mythology; as a youth with the distinctive Phrygian cap on his head. Some detailing to his facial features is still visible, including a prominent nose, mouth and deeply-set eyes. He is otherwise left nude and now deprived of his feet.
Date: Circa 1st – 2nd Century AD