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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