876, Rome, Esquiline
- Record number: 876
- Site: Rome
- Building or zone: Esquiline
- Position: Ridge
- Roof element: Tiles, ridge
- Remarks: Large semicylindrical ridge tile (Th 4) with recessed flange (Th 2.5, set 3.2 below top edge & ending 8 cm above bottom of tile) at one end & 2 semicircular openings (H 12.8, W 20.9, 38.3 apart, 19.3 from flanged end) for cover tiles on either side. Top surface decorated with broad zigzag bands, painted black & red on cream ground
- Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 347, No. II:5, Pl. A:2; Helbig4 II, p. 603, no. 1838; Winter et al. 2009, Table 3;
- Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
New light on the production of decorated roofs of the 6th c. B.C. at sites in and around Rome - Type of decoration: Painted zigzag bands
- Current Collection: Antiquarium Comunale: 4401
- Height: 37
- Width: 117
- MPD: 48
- Paint: Black & red zigzag bands on cream ground
- Condition: Complete except for one lower corner
- Height ridge tile: 37
- Width ridge tile: 48
- Depth flange: 10
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