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
Type of decoration: Palmette & lotus
Current Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale: 4951
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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