Gordium, museum pieces

Gordium: capital of ancient Phrygia, modern Yassihüyük.

Matar

Gordium has a nice museum. On this page, you can see several photos; some of them are from the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.

To the right the goddess Matar (Cybele), venerated in nearby Pessinus. She usually holds a cup in one hand and a bird (a falcon or a hawk?) in the other hand. Compare the headless statue of the same goddess below, on which two additonal birds can be recognized.

The objects below are arranged chronologically, more or less.

There are 16 items in Gordium, museum pieces - museumgordium: