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81, Cisterna di Latina, Caprifico

  • Record number: 81
  • Site: Cisterna di Latina
  • Building or zone: Caprifico
  • Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
  • Comparanda: Rome Palatine 4347
  • Remarks: Fragment of relief frieze with tails of front horses & chariot with triangular front ending in boar's head, moving to left. Wheel with 5 spokes. break at gound line. Very crisp relief. 2 small bumps =? pebbles in mould? below chariot body. Given by N. Koutoulakis
  • Bibliography: Brown 1973-1974, pp. 63-64, Type C; Winter 2009a, pp. 359-360, n. 108, 5.D.1.f or 5.D.3.d; Lulof in Palombi 2010, p. 38, D10, fig. 153
  • Publication record: Etrusco-Italic architectural terracottas in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Author: Brown, A.C.. Journal and volume number: AR. Publication Date: 1973-1974. Pages: 60-65
    Il tempio arcaico di Caprifico di Torrecchia (Cisterna di Latina): I materiali e il contesto. Author: Palombi, D. (ed.). Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2010
    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
  • Associated elements: Raking simas, lateral simas, antefixes, acroteria
  • Type of decoration: Chariot procession to left
  • Last Recorded Collection: Ashmolean Museum
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 10.3
  • Width: 9.3
  • Paint: Brown delineating boar's head, on spokes. Black hub
  • Decoration main field: Relief figured frieze
  • Thickness plaque: 2.2
  • Mouldmade decoration: yes
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