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The building has several sculptures and ornamental pieces that make direct reference to the goddess of the sanctuary owner, and the ritual that was practiced.

on the external facade of the crypt in granite blocks and located symmetrically on both sides of the small entrance hall and in sight of the devotees who could wait for their entrance to the crypt or just observe what happened there, there are six stone reliefs representing the same figures on both sides.

RELIEF FROM THE FRONT





ARCHIGALLUS RELIEVE THE STRESS OF ARCHIGALLUS



At the top relief represents the dance of the gallus, in all their finery and instruments, which according to The ritual in groups of five. Orgiastic dances was one of the highlights of the cult of Cybele, these dances were produced outside the sanctuary, the sight of the devotees and in groups of five dancers as Ms. Pilar González Serrano recounts in his various jobs on the goddess Cybele.

relief in between, at the height of the eyes and on both sides, decked archigallus representation or high priest of the rite of Cybele, which is located between two columns in quarry work reminiscent in its existing position inside the crypt under the dome open. It is also observable in these reliefs main opening at the top of the whole similar to the structure of the crypt.

And in the bottom of these, and each side of the facade, a relief and very worn in both cases but that can evoke a lion rampant animals guarding the shrines of the goddess and there is plenty of sculptural material in the Mediterranean.



DANCERS FIVE PRIESTS


DANCERS FIVE PRIESTS


WIDESPREAD RELIEF OF LEON


Once transferred the gate that enclosed the space with the outside, in the small entrance hall, and hidden to the direct view from the outside there are other more striking relief to the left and right two wading birds like the ostrich. One of these, the most hidden sight, (this relief is observable from the inside, in the position where the rite was located in the high priest) is perched on a slender stone column. Both images refer to the Greek goddess Rhea, who was represented by an ostrich, the largest bird known in antiquity.

The identification of the goddess Cybele with the ostrich is very old:

V century BC In the book The Birds of Aristophanes actors exclaim

PRIEST .- ... And frigilo Sabazios, ostrich Cybele, August mother of the gods and men.

PISTETERO .- Oh mighty ostrich Cybele, mother of Cleócrito



OSTRICH ON STONE IN A COLUMN




OSTRICH is no coincidence that these birds receive today the scientific name in your order (rheiformes), family (Rheidae) and species (rhea .)

addition to the right there is another small relief showing two figures crippled in the leg and arm respectively. It is believed that the disabled were a social group devoted to the goddess.


RELIEF OF DISABLED
two human figures