1459, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Sassi Caduti

Record number: 1459
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Sassi Caduti
Roof element: Antefixes, full figure
Remarks: Antefix plaque with figure of Nereid, nude but surrounded by billowing mantle, riding sea-monster in profile facing right; below figures & above base, spiral waves in relief painted black with blue spirals. Th plaque 1.6, plus relief 6.9. Back flat & uneven with oval scar from strut in mid-plaque
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 121, No. III:10, Pl. 45:148; Helbig4 III, pp. 724-725, No. 2817
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
Associated elements: Gorgoneion antefix 12509
Type of decoration: Nereid riding sea-monster/waves
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 12513
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 36.5
Width: 25.5
MPD: 8.6
Clay: 10YR 6/4
Paint: Beige slip 10YR 8/2 on Nereid skin, blue 5BG 6/1 on sea-monster's body, black ground, red-pink drapery, red overpainted black stripe on top of base
Condition: Complete
Height antefix base: 6.1
Width antefix base: 23.6
Inner H cover tile: 6.7
Outer H cover tile: 9
Inner W cover tile: 14
Outer W cover tile: 20.5

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