3865, Tarquinia, Ara della Regina I

Record number: 3865
Site: Tarquinia
Building or zone: Ara della Regina I
Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
Comparanda: Clay and technique equal horses from columen plaque 2726 and should date the same (Cataldi 1993)
Remarks: Right mutulus of lower part of female figure with long dress painted with star-flowers of 4 petals and bordered with wolves' teeth. Mounted on plaque, Th 1.5. Handmade, hollow, with many finger impressions. At left side thick red drapery and flaring hem. Thick surface layer of purified clay (1-2 cm thick); on top white-brown slip. Th wall 2.2-3.2. Terracotta strut between plaque and bottom center of drapery. Finished edge along right side. More pieces added to left side. Back of plaque imbedded with sand.
Bibliography: Santuari d'Etruria 1985, p. 73-74, 4.4.A.2; Bagnasco Gianni 2009, pp. 104-106; Bagnasco Gianni 2011, p. 224
Publication record: I cavalli alati di Tarquinia. Una proposta di lettura
Santuari d'Etruria
The winged horses on the Ara della Regina Temple at Tarquinia
Associated elements: 4968, 3268(2), 3268, 4955, 28, 174, 177, 2733, 2740, 2726, 2744, 1474
Type of decoration: Draped female
Current Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale: 2740
Mouldmade: no
Height: 37
Width: 30
Clay: 10YR 7/3 (surface layer 10YR 7/4)
Paint: Clay reddish-brown 10YR 7/4. Red-purple star-flower petals and wolves' teeth 5R 4/4. Gold-brown star centers 2.5YR 4/6.

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