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1046, Rome, Forum Romanum

  • Record number: 1046
  • Site: ROME
  • Building or zone: FORUM ROMANUM
  • Position: PEDIMENT LEFT SLOPE
  • Roof element: RAKING SIMAS
  • Comparanda: = ROME, ANTIQUARIUM PALATINO 12010. CAPRIFICO (CISTERNA DI LATINA)
  • Remarks: FRAGMENT OF RELIEF FIGURED FRIEZE WITH TALL BOTTOM BORDER. CHARIOT (PAINTED BROWN WITH RED WHEEL) DRAWN BY 3 HORSES WHOSE HIND LEGS (PAINTED BROWN/RED/WHITE) ARE PRESERVED. IN FOREGROUND, IN FRONT OF CHARIOT, ARE FORELEGS OF 2 OTHER HORSES (PAINTED BROWN/RED) GALLOPING IN SAME DIRECTION, TO RIGHT, BELOW WHICH IS SMALL PART OF RUNNING HARE. GROUND RED. AT BOTTOM, FLAT PROJECTING BOTTOM BORDER, PAINTED WITH DIAGONAL BANDS ALTERNATELY WHITE/RED, CONTINUING ONTO SOFFIT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION (W BAND 2).
  • Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 333, NO. I:9, PL. 105:376; GJERSTAD 1960, P. 261, FIG. 160.5; GJERSTAD 1966, PP. 467-470, FIG. 137.5; ANDRÉN 1974, P. 4, NO. 17, PL. VII, FIG. 20; IACOPI 1974, P. 44; GANTZ 1974-1975, P. 5, FIG. 30; Ö. WIKANDER 1994, P. 56, NO. 14; WINTER 2009A, P. 330-331, 5.A.1.B, FIG. 5.2, ILL. 5.1.2
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
    Early Rome III: Fortifications, domestic architecture, sanctuaries, stratigraphic excavations. Author: Gjerstad, E.. Place of publication: Lund. Publication Date: 1960
    Early Rome IV.1: Synthesis of archaeological evidence. Author: Gjerstad, E.. Place of publication: Lund. Publication Date: 1966
    L'Antiquarium forense. Author: Iacopi, I.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1974
    Osservazioni sulle terrecotte architettoniche etrusco-italiche. Author: Andrén, A.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 8. Publication Date: 1974. Pages: 1-16
    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
    Terracotta figured friezes from the workshop of Vulca. Author: Gantz, T.N.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 10. Publication Date: 1974-1975. Pages: 1-22
    The Archaic Etruscan sima. Author: Wikander, Ö.. Journal and volume number: Murlo and the Etruscans, ed. R. De Puma & J. Small. Place of publication: Madison, WI. Publication Date: 1994. Pages: 47-63
    The procession frieze from the Etruscan sanctuary at Poggio Civitate. Author: Gantz, T.N.. Journal and volume number: RM 81. Publication Date: 1974. Pages: 1-14
  • Type of decoration: CHARIOT RACE TO RIGHT
  • Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium forense
  • Mouldmade: YES
  • Height: 12.3
  • Width: 20.2
  • MPD: 8.5
  • Clay: BURNED, BROWN
  • Paint: RED 7.5R 4/8, WHITE, BROWN
  • Decoration main field: RELIEF FIGURED FRIEZE
  • Thickness plaque: 1.4
  • Thickness including relief: 2.3
  • Mouldmade decoration: YES
  • Painted decoration only: YES
  • Th. tile backer: 2.2
  • D soffit decoration: 4.7
  • Soffit decoration type: PAINTED OBLIQUE BANDS WH/RED
  • Thickness tile backer: 2.2
  • Depth soffit decoration: 4.7
  • Soffit decoration type: PAINTED OBLIQUE BANDS WH/RED
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