Mater Matuta
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Mater Matuta was an indigenous Latin goddess adopted by the Romans. Mater Matuta was a goddess of fertility, childbirth, and ripening grain who later became linked to the dawn. Her cult is attested to
Mater Matuta, seated and holding swaddled infants
Decorative terracotta pieces discovered in the Sant'Omobono Area believed to be from a temple dedicated to Mater Matuta or Fortuna (6th century BCE)
Etruscan cinerary statue depicting a seated Mater Matuta holding a child (c. 5th century BCE). Found in a necropolis near Chianciano Terme
Satricum
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Satricum, was an ancient town of Latium vetus, situated on the right bank of the Astura River approximately 60 km southeast of Rome. It lay in a low-lying region south of the Alban Hills, at the north
Mater Matuta
…ripening grain who later became linked to the dawn. Her cult is attested to in several places across Latium with her most famous temple being located at Satricum. The title Mater derives from the Latin word for "mother", and was a courtesy title commonly given to female deities. Matuta is connected to the Latin…
Students at work at the archaeological site of Satricum in 1983.
Potsherding from Satricum, 1983.
Antefix with Satyr and Maenad dancing from the acropolis, Temple of Mater Matuta, 490-470 BC