Matar Kubeleya
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Matar Kubeleya is the Phrygian forerunner to Cybele. The title matar means "mother" and most likely was used to refer to different Phrygian deities. Her name might be linked either to a specific mountain near Pessinus known to Greeks as Kubela, or alternatively to a Phrygian phrase meaning "of the mountain".
When
- First attested
- 600 BCE
- Attested period
- 1970 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Occurs in two inscriptions dated to the sixth century BCE.
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Source passages
“The Phrygian forerunner to Cybele, Matar Kubeleya, occurs in two inscriptions dated to the sixth century BCE. It is now agreed that her name has Phrygian origin, as already proposed in the late 1970s and it might be linked either to a specific mountain near Pessinus known to Greeks as Kubela, or alternatively to a Phrygian phrase meaning "of the mountain"”
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