Comparanda: ROME, FORUM ROMANUM: GJERSTAD 1960, PP. 288, 293, FIG.191.2
Remarks: FRAGMENT OF RAKING SIMA VERTICAL PLAQUE WITH DEEPLY CURVING PROFILE, DECORATED WITH ELONGATED CONVEX STRIGILS PAINTED ALTERNATELY RED/WHITE WITH FLAT TIPS RED/WHITE WITH RED CENTERS, SEPARATED BY DEEP INCISIONS. BELOW, FLAT PLAQUE WITH PAINTED GUILLOCHE WITH BROAD CENTRAL WHITE BAND FLANKED BY NARROWER RED BAND WITH OUTER WHITE LINE BETWEEN 2 BLACK STRIPES. FORMERLY IN ANTIQUARIUM FORENSE
Bibliography: ROMANELLI 1955, PP. 203-204, FIG. 4; GJERSTAD 1960, P. 288, FIG. 191.1-2; GJERSTAD 1966, P. 466-467, 573, FIG. 137.1; BROWN 1974-1975, PP. 26, 28; IACOPI 1982, P. 44, FIG. 11; CASE E PALAZZI D'ETRURIA 1985, PP. 189-190, NO. 7, FIG. 7:7; C. WIKANDER 1988, PP. 19, 21 N. 23, 97, 128-130, FIG. 2; LA GRANDE ROMA 1990, P. 60, NO. 5, FIG. 3.2.5, WITH HYPOTHETICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF PEDIMENT, P. 133, FIG. 1; DOWNEY 1993, P. 239, FIGS. 10-12; Ö. WIKANDER 1994, P. 56, NO. 37, FIG. 5.2; DOWNEY 1995, PP. 79-80, NO. 15, FIGS. 25-28; WINTER 2006B, P. 349, FIG. 2; WINTER 2009A, PP. 160-162, 3.A.1.A, FIG. 3.1
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Associated elements: FROM SECTION 6B: RAKING SIMAS R65.38, R65.34, RIDGE TILE R64.337. FROM EXCAVATIONS BELOW THE TEMPLE OF CASTORS: CA 29.6 (CA 84-29)
Type of decoration: TALL CONVEX STRIGILS/PAINTED GUILLOCHE
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Romano, Baths of Diocletian
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 16.6
Width: 14.1
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: RED, WHITE
Condition: FRAGMENT WITH PART OF TOP OF VERTICAL PLAQUE
