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The Parabiago plate, also known as the Parabiago patera,〔The plate is actually not a patera, however.〕 is a circular silver plate depicting mythological figures. It was found in an ancient Roman cemetery at Parabiago, near Milan, in 1907.〔Ruth E. Leader-Newby, ''Silver and Society in Late Antiquity: Functions and Meanings of Silver Plate in the Fourth to Seventh Centuries'' (Ashgate, 2004), p. 146.〕 The plate depicts Cybele with her consort Attis in a "vast cosmic setting"〔Giulia Sfameni Gasparro, ''Soteriology and Mystic Aspects in the Cult of Cybele and Attis'' (Brill, 1985), p. 99〕 amid "sun, moon, earth and sea, time and the seasons."〔John Ferguson, ''The Religions of the Roman Empire'' (Cornell University Press, 1970, 1985), p. 26.〕 At the time of its discovery, it was thought to have been used as a lid for a funerary amphora.〔Arthur Bernard Cook, ''Zeus'' (Cambridge University Press, 1940 edition, 2010 reprinting), vol. 3, pt. 2, pp. 1127–1128.〕 The plate is difficult to date. Earlier scholars tended to date it to the 2nd century AD, because of its classicizing style, but stylistic characteristics also permit a later date. Technical analyses, however, support a provenance in the 4th–5th centuries, even though it bears little stylistic resemblance to other silver pieces from that period.〔Leader-Newby, ''Silver and Society in Late Antiquity,'' p. 146.〕 ==Description== The plate weighs 3555 g and measures 390 mm in diameter. It has a foot-ring of 26 mm in height. The surface is worked with figures in high relief.〔Leader-Newby, ''Silver and Society in Late Antiquity,'' p. 146. Unless otherwise noted, the following description of the figures on the plate is that of Leader-Newby.〕 * Center left: Cybele and Attis ride in a ''quadriga'' pulled by four lions. They are accompanied by three Corybantes. * Center right: Rising from the ground is a nude youth who holds up a zodiac ring surrounding Aion, wearing a chiton and holding a sceptre.〔Danuta Shanzer, ''A Philosophical and Literary Commentary on Martianus Capella's'' De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercuii'' Book 1'' (University of California Press, 1986), pp. 159–160.〕 * Far right center: A snake twines around an obelisk or gnomon.〔Jaime Alvar Ezquerra, ''Romanising Oriental Gods: Myth, Salvation, and Ethics in the Cults of Cybele'' (Brill, 2008), p. 140.〕 *Upper left: The Sun rising in his chariot, preceded by the winged, torch-bearing morning star, Phosphorus. * Upper right: The Moon setting in her chariot, preceded by the evening star, Hesperus, also winged and carrying a torch. * Lower center: Four erotes representing the seasons hover above Neptune and Thetis. * Lower left: Two river nymphs. * Lower right: Tellus, with two erotes that point toward Cybele. Above the head of Tellus is a small grasshopper and a lizard. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parabiago plate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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