Two priestesses making an offering to Cybele

Two priestesses making an offering at an altar to Cybele, Anatolian mother goddess. One carries a knife, the other bangs cymbals. A musician plays an aulos. Duae sacerdotes rem divinam Cybelae facientes. Engraved on dactylotheca from the collection of art dealer Thomas Moore Slade. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785

 mezzotint Ancient History Art Dealer Aulos Classical History Cybele Cymbals Dactylotheca Greek Myth John Boydell John Spilsbury Priestess Roman Myth Thomas Moore Slade

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