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3873, Tarquinia, Ara della Regina I

  • Record number: 3873
  • Site: TARQUINIA
  • Building or zone: ARA DELLA REGINA I
  • Roof element: REVETMENT PLAQUES, FLORAL
  • Remarks: FRAGMENTS OF FLORAL REVETMENT PLAQUE OF VARIOUS FABRICS. THICK LARGE PLAQUE WITH DEEP RELIEF OF DOUBLE LOTUS AND PALMETTES CIRCUMSCRIBED WITH S-SPIRALS. PALMETTE WITH 9 CONVEX FLAME-SHAPED LEAVES, LARGE OVOID HEART, ABOVE CONVEX VOLUTES, SURROUNDED BY CONCAVE BAND. LOTUS WITH CALYX, ELONGATED TEAR-DROP HEART, LEAF TIP SIMILAR TO PALMETTE CIRCUMSCRIBING BAND. 2 FRAGMENTS HAVE FINISHED EDGE ABOVE PALMETTE, ANOTHER MAY HAVE ROLL, THEREFORE IT WOULD BE A DOUBLE ANTHEMION WITH UPRIGHT AND PENDENT PALMETTES(?). 1 FRAGMENT HAS WELL-PRESERVED PAINT.
  • Bibliography: SANTUARI D'ETRURIA 1985, P. 74, 4.4.A.4
  • Publication record: Santuari d'Etruria. Author: Colonna, G. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985
  • Associated elements: 4968, 3268(2), 3268, 4955, 28, 174, 177, 2733, 2740, 2726, 2744, 1474
  • Type of decoration: PALMETTE & LOTUS
  • Last Recorded Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale
  • Mouldmade: YES
  • Height: 18
  • Width: 20
  • Clay: 7.5YR 7/6, 2.5Y 7/4
  • Paint: BLACK GROUND, WHITE PALMETTE LEAVES AND VOLUTES 10YR 8/1. RED HEART AND DART BELOW 10R 4/8.
  • Thickness plaque: 2.6
  • Thickness including relief: 3.1
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