It was mounted on a sled, and may have been a cult statue.

They are more or less faithful renderings of actual cult statues.

The most important temple image was the cult statue in the inner sanctuary.

People other than kings and high priests were thus denied contact with cult statues.

Greek temples were specially made to fit the large cult statues.

And then we may add another cult statue today.

A horse sculpture from the 2nd century may represent a cult statue.

They were placed on the benches of the temples or close to the cult statue.

At the center of the temple was the cult statue in a shrine.

The god's cult statue is housed in the main room of the temple.