Terracotta antefix
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late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
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.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Roman
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1911
