Statuette of Attis-Dionysus on a lion, dedication by Caius Cartilius Euplus (161)

Found in the Santuario di Attis (IV,I,3).
Date: Antonine. H. 1.16.
Inscription on the plinth. The emasculated Attis is riding the horse as a woman. He is characterized also as Dionysus, by grapes in his hair and the nebris (fawn skin).

C(aius) CARTILIVS EVPLVS EX MONITV DEAE D(onum) D(edit)

Helbig nr. 3007a. Guida p. 27 nr. 32. EDR172719. Photo: Wikimedia, Sailko.