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Roman Terracotta Antefix in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 2008
Terracotta Antefix
Roman, Augustan, late 1st century BC-early 1st century AD
Accession # 11.140.1
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 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.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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Roman, Augustan, late 1st century BC-early 1st century AD
Accession # 11.140.1
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 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.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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