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Terracotta antefix

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 166

The palmette-shaped antefix is decorated with the butting heads of two billy goats. Such representations were popular motifs in ancient art but they may have had special significance in imperial Rome since the constellation Capricorn was adopted by the emperor Augustus as his own lucky star sign and appeared on coins and legionary standards.

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Title: Terracotta antefix

Period: Augustan

Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Culture: Roman

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: H.: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911

Object Number: 11.140.1

Chronology

Italian Peninsula, 1-500A.D.

Chronology

Italian Peninsula, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

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