Abstract:

The Kybele figure group with inventory number 10027, which is preserved in the warehouse of Afyonkarahisar Museum today, appears as a unique Kybele depiction that takes its roots from the Boğazköy Kybele sculpture group (6th century BC). The group of Kybele figures in the Afyonkarahisar Museum, which goes beyond the usual depictions of Kybele in the iconographic context, undoubtedly carries important clues about the Phrygia Mater cult practices, on which there is limited information. Another important point is that it shows that the Phrygians retained their ethnic identity despite the fact that they retreated culturally during the Macedonian and then Roman domination. The group of Kybele figures from the Afyonkarahisar Museum indicates that in the 1st century AD in Phrygia, coroplastic workshops that made production by adhering to local elements continued to exist.