VOTIVE MARBLE STELE OF HEKATE TRIFORMIS

VOTIVE MARBLE STELE OF HEKATE TRIFORMIS

Relief of triple-bodied goddess Hekate, holding torches in her arms while offering sacrifices at an altar at either side of her; inscription below of Greek text: ‘BALE BALHS DEKOVPION EYXHN ANETHKEN’ ‘Decurion Valerius Valens dedicated this in fulfilment of his vow’ rounded top, flat back.

Ex priv. coll. A.L.v.d.B., Netherlands; Gorny&Mosch, Munchen 216-06-004, no. 355, before, old German collection
H. 41 cm. Intact

Eastern Meditrranean, c. 2nd – 3rd cent. AD

Publ. Kernos 19 (2006), p. 363, no.61; parallel: British Museum London, inv. no. 1877, 0513.1 Note: Hekate was a chtonic goddess of the underworld and patroness of the intersection of three roads and of witchcraft