Building or zone: TEMPLE OF MATER MATUTA I - CAMPANIAN ROOF
Roof element: ACROTERIA, HUMAN STATUES
Remarks: FRAGMENT OF 2 LOTUS BUDS, PREVIOUSLY INTERPRETED AT ZEUS'S THUNDERBOLT FROM THE TEMPLE OF MATER MATUTA II. LARGER HAS 3 CREAM PETALS WITH RED-BROWN EDGES AROUND CENTRAL CONICAL PURPLE-RED CORE WITH HOLES IN END. AT BREAK SMALL ROUND SCAR, DIAM 3 WITH 2 SMALL HOLES. SMALLER FRAGMENT OF SAME TYPE, MPH 7.8, MPW 5.6, MPD 3.5. ONLY 1 "LEAF" AND CENTRAL PART PRESERVING 3 HOLES AND 1 PIECE OF LEAD IN 4TH.
Bibliography: DELLA SETA 1918, P. 276; NIEW LICHT 1985, NO. 94; LULOF 1996, P. 37, FIG. XV
Publication record: Museo di Villa Giulia. Author: Della Seta, A.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1918 Niew licht op een oude stad: Italiaanse en Nederlandse opgravingen in Satricum. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1985 The ridge-pole statues from the Late Archaic temple at Satricum. Author: Lulof, P.S.. Journal and volume number: Scrinium XI-Satricum V. Place of publication: Amsterdam. Publication Date: 1996
Type of decoration: LOTUS BUDS
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
