Editing Sirona (goddess) (section)

===Depictions===

At the sulphur springs of [[Alzey]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany, a stone bas-relief shows Sirona wearing a long gown and carrying a [[patera]] in her right hand and a [[sceptre]] in her left. The identification as Sirona is assured by a dedication ({{AE|1933|00140}}) to Apollo and Sirona.

The richly furnished spring sanctuary of [[Hochscheid]] (Cueppers 1990; Weisgerber 1975) was decorated with statues of Sirona and Apollo, again confirmed by an inscription {{AE|1941|00089}} ''Deo Apolli/ni et sanc/t(a)e Siron(a)e ...'' (to Apollo and holy Sirona ...). The statue of Sirona shows her carrying a bowl of eggs (Green 1986 p.&nbsp;162) and holding a long snake coiled around her lower arm (a link to the iconography of the Greek healing goddess [[Hygeia]], daughter of [[Asklepios]]). She wears a long gown and has a star-shaped diadem on her head (a link with the meaning of the name Sirona).

A bronze statue from [[Mâlain]] in the [[Côte-d'Or|Côte d'Or]] and dating to around 280 CE (Deyts & Roussel 1994; Deyts 1998) shows Sirona naked to the waist and holding a snake draped over her left arm, together with a very classical Apollo with [[lyre]]. The inscription ( ILingons-M, 00002) is ''Thiron(a) et Apollo''.

A stone with an engraved bust of Sirona from [[Saint-Avold]], now in the Musée de Metz, bears an inscription ({{CIL|13|04498}}):
:''Deae Đironae/ Maior Ma/giati filius / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)''.

At [[Vienne-en-Val]] in the [[Loiret]], a square stone pillar depicts Sirona, Apollo, [[Minerva]] and [[Hercules]] (Debal 1973).  Sirona wears a long dress and a diadem, from which falls a veil. Her left hand holds a [[cornucopia]] and in her right is a [[patera]] which she is offering to a coiled snake. Again there is a similarity with [[Hygeia]], who also carries a snake. Indeed, when a statue has no inscription, it is not clear whether Sirona or Hygeia is depicted, a syncretism demonstrated by the inscription at [[Vienna|Wein]] ({{AE|1957|00114}}) which includes Sirona and [[Aesculapius]], the Roman form of Asklepios:
:''[I(ovi)] O(ptimo) M(aximo) / Apollini / et Sirona[e] / [Ae]sculap[io] / P(ublius) Ael(ius) Luciu/s |(centurio) leg(ionis) X v(otum) s(olvit) / l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito)''

A different aspect of Sirona is shown at Sainte-Fontaine, where Sirona holds fruit and corn (Green 1986 p.&nbsp;161).