Comparanda: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: Christiansen 1988, pp. 54-55, fig. 3. Berlin: Kästner 1988, pp. 159-160, B 6.1.12
Remarks: Large piece of flat vertical plaque of raking sima with painted decoration: stepped pattern/band of boxes/large hook meander with star-flower in box/band of boxes. On soffit, part of painted rosette. Excavated in reuse as pavement; found in 1986 in central part of Archaic habitation quarter, giving terminus post quem for restructuring of area in last years of 6th cent. B.C.
Bibliography: Cristofani 1989-1990 p. 71, Pl. IX.b; Veio, Cerveteri, Vulci 2001, pp. 126-127, II.A.2.6, Pl. VIII bottom; Winter 2009a, p. 412, 6.A.2.c
Publication record: Scavi nell'area urbana di Caere: le terrecotte decorative. Author: Cristofani, M.. Journal and volume number: StEtr 56. Publication Date: 1989-1990. Pages: 69-84 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 Veio, Cerveteri, Vulci. Città d'Etruria a confronto. Catalogo della mostra, Roma, Museo Nazionale Etrusco. Author: Moretti Sgubini, A.M.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2001
Type of decoration: Painted stepped pattern/boxes/hook meander with star-flower in box/boxes
Last Recorded Collection: Storerooms at Banditaccia necropolis
Height: 19
Width: 25
Condition: Broken at right edge and along width of tile backer
Painted decoration only: yes
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