A Cabiri with shield and spear and a Cabiridae
One of the Cabiri, son of Vulcan and the nymph Cabira, with shield (scudo) and spear (hasta). The woman may be a Cabiridae, or Cybele or Hecate, but not a Bacchante. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1790
Picture No
12481660
Media ID
45719856
Size
6220px x 4379px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection
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Antichità Antiquities Cybele Ercolano Hasta Hecate Herculaneum Nymph Piroli Pompeii Tommaso Vulcan
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