Marble busts from Formiae

Two marble busts (H. 0.96), found at Formiae and obtained in 1902 by the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek at Copenhague (Inv. Nos 1905/6) from the Villa Borghese collection. Ny Carlsb. Glypt. Ant. Kunstv., Pl. IX, 122–3; Arndt-Amelung, Einzelaufn. 3874–77; Poulsen, Kat. N. C. Glypt., 105 Nos 122–3.Bust of youthful person with Phrygian cap on the long curly hair. The tunica is fastened over the r. shoulder with a round brooch. Some small restorations in the cap, eyebrows, nose and lips.These busts are usually considered to be representations of Attis, but as Franz Cumont properly observed they are…