1, Ardea
- Record number: 1
- Site: Ardea
- Position: Corner?
- Roof element: Antefixes, full figure
- Remarks: Antefix plaque (H 27.6, W 28.7) with shell of concave tongues/roll ending in volutes/central plaque with relief of upright lotus flanked by half palmettes, on deep plinth, with hollow leg & hoofs (MPH leg 41) of Silen facing right. Raised disk on axis of tile with painted palmette on both faces H. 31.6, D. 22, Th. 2.1. Raised semicircle along tile H 21, W 31.7, D 2.9. Mouldmade antefix plaque, handmade Silen.
- Bibliography: Andr�n 1961, pp. 50-52, Pl. 20-22; Enea nel Lazio 1981, pp. 14-15, A5; Pensabene & Sanzi di Mino 1983, pp. 58-9, no. 21, Pl. VII; La grande Roma 1990, p. 195, 8.4.1, Pls. XVIII-XIX
- Publication record: Enea nel Lazio: archeologia e mito
La grande Roma dei Tarquini
Museo Nazionale Romano, Le terrecotte II.1: Antefisse
Scavi e scoperte sull'acropoli di Ardea - Associated elements: May be counterpart to Maenad antefix inv. 359252
- Type of decoration: Silen/relief lotus/half-palmettes/painted palmette
- Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Romano: 125614
- Mouldmade: Yes & no
- Height: 46
- Width: 31.7
- MPD: 50
- Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
- Paint: Red-brown 5YR 4/3, brown hoofs 7.5YR 5/4
- Condition: Silen figure broken mid-leg
- Type shell: Strigil
- Width shell: 4.4/4.9
- Height antefix base: 4.4
- Width antefix base: 25
- Depth antefix base: 11.2
- Outer H cover tile: 12.9
- Outer W cover tile: 20.5
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