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5221, Lanuvium

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  • Record number: 5221
  • Site: Lanuvium
  • Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
  • Remarks: Amazon relief from figural Columen/mutulus plaque(?). High relief. Red color. Shows Amazon fallen to right, foot of victorious adversary on her back, part of her shield visible below. Plinth. H base 3.3, Th base 2.1.
  • Bibliography: Walters 1903, p. 424, D728; AndrĂ©n 1940, p. 429, no.II:14
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
    Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum
  • Type of decoration: Fallen Amazon
  • Current Collection: British Museum: D728
  • Height: 15.5
  • Width: 20
  • Clay: 10YR 7/4, 5YR 5/6 core
  • Paint: Buff slip on base and plinth 10YR 7/3. Brick red on Amazon tunic 10R 4/6. Brown on flesh 2.5YR 5/6. Purple-red bands around shield rim, outer and inner 5R 3/3.
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