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. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972 New light on the production of decorated roofs of the 6th c. B.C. at sites in and around Rome. Author: Winter, N.A., I. Iliopoulos, A.J. Ammerman. Journal and volume number: JRA 22. Publication Date: 2009
Type of decoration: Painted zigzag bands
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium Comunale
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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