Remarks: Flat vertical plaque with painted box meander (H 15) with star-flower in one box & hippocamp? in another, between painted borders of stepped patterns at top (H 2.5) and bottom (H 4.1) of plaque, separated from meander by band of stripes & boxes (H 1/1.4). H star-flower box 9.3. At right end, lateral acroterion of S-volute in relief (H 29.3, Th 4.5) with hole in top (W 3.3, D 1.2). On soffit painted decoration of rosette in circumscribed circles. Tile backer thickens to right from 1.9-4.5
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 26-27, No. II:2a, fig. 19a; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, pp. 159-160, B 6.1.12; Danner 1993a, p. 102; Kästner 1997, pp. 98-101, no. 2, fig. 3, dated 520 B.C.; Winter 2009a, pp. 417-418, 6.A.2.e, fig. 6.6, Ill. 6.4.1
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens. Author: Danner, P.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 93-107 Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988 Ornamentik und figürliche Verzierungen an den Endstücken etruskischer Giebelsimen. Author: Kästner, V.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles II. Place of publication: Amsterdam. Publication Date: 1997. Pages: 95-106 Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009
Type of decoration: Painted stepped pattern/stripes & boxes/box meander/stripes & boxes/stepped pattern/circumscribed rosettes/relief S-volute
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Height: 29.2
Width: 66
MPD: 6
Clay: 5YR 5/6
Paint: Cream 10YR 7/4, red 10R 4/4, brown 7.5YR 5/6
Condition: 7 joining fragments preserving full height & width
