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4864, Capua

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  • Record number: 4864
  • Site: Capua
  • Roof element: Antefixes, full figure
  • Comparanda: Rome MNR 60696; Naples 200544; Berlin TC 7290
  • Remarks: Full-figure semicircular antefix of female riding side-saddle on horse moving to left, wearing short chiton and holding bow and quiver. Goose below horse. Small shallow concave tongues frame with outer overflow of clay. Base has worn relief meander. Poor workmanship, moulded decoration deformed. L horse torso 13.
  • Bibliography: Walters 1903, pp. 169-170
  • Publication record: Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum
  • Type of decoration: Amazon rider moving to left/goose
  • Current Collection: British Museum: GR 1877.8-2.16
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 24.2
  • Width: 25.4
  • Clay: Dark brown
  • Paint: Buff slip. No paint.
  • Height antefix base: 3.7
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