3881, Tarquinia, Ara della Regina

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Record number: 3881
Site: TARQUINIA
Building or zone: ARA DELLA REGINA
Roof element: REVETMENT PLAQUES, FLORAL
Remarks: FLORAL REVETMENT PLAQUE WITH STRIGILS AND PENDENT PALMETTES. D STRIGILS TOP 7.1, BOTTOM STRIGIL CENTER 2.9, RIDGES 3.2. 2ND AND 3RD FRAGMENTS PRESERVE PART OF UPPER FRIEZE AND TORUS BELOW, H 1.8. 1 FRAGMENT HAS PART OF 3 UPRIGHT LEAVES OF 7-LEAF FLEUR-DE-LIS, CIRCUMSCRIBED, WITH LOTUS LEAF TO LEFT. RED DIAGONAL BAND ON ROLL AND RED GROUND ABOVE ENCIRCLING FLAT BAND. NAIL HOLE, DIAM 0.8. 1 FRAGMENT HAS FINISHED LOWER LEFT CORNER WITH CIRCUMSCRIBED PENDENT FLEUR-DE-LIS AND LOTUS(?). 2 LARGE PIECES LABELED 4951 WITH LOWER FRIEZE WHICH EQUALS PHOTO OF 4955 BUT PENDENT, THEREFORE SMALLER UPPER FRIEZE WITH UPRIGHT LOTUS AND PALMETTE/ROLL/LARGE FRIEZE WITH DOUBLE ANTHEMION, UPPER PENDENT AND LOWER PENDENT.
Bibliography: SANTUARI D'ETRURIA 1985, P. 74, 4.4.A.5
Publication record: Santuari d'Etruria. Author: Colonna, G. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985
Type of decoration: PALMETTE & LOTUS
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 25.1
Width: 2.6
Clay: 10YR 7/3
Paint: WHITE SLIP 5Y 8/1. PINK-RED 7.5R 4/6.
Condition: SEVERAL NON-JOINING FRAGMENTS
Height top fascia: 1.5
Depth top fascia: 5.6
Height strigil: 11.5
Width strigil: 2.2-2.4
Concave strigil: YES
Height lower roll: 1.8
Decoration lower roll: 3.5
Height main field: 9.7
Thickness plaque: 2.9
Thickness including relief: 3.3
Mouldmade decoration: YES
Height palmette: 5.1
Width palmette: 7
Height strigil: 11.5
Width strigil: 2.2-2.4
Concave: YES

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