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65, Cisterna di Latina, Caprifico

  • Record number: 65
  • Site: Cisterna di Latina
  • Building or zone: Caprifico
  • Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
  • Comparanda: Rome Palatine 12275
  • Remarks: Fragment of relief frieze with warrior/charioteer & back of horses, moving to right. Small chariot with open back & high parapet, decorated with palmette in relief & 8-spoke wheel. Reins trail down into chariot. Given by N. Koutoulakis.
  • Bibliography: Brown 1973-1974, p. 62, Type B; Winter 2009a, pp. 358-359, 5.D.1.e or 5.D.3.b; Lulof in Palombi 2010, p. 35, C10, fig. 111
  • Publication record: Etrusco-Italic architectural terracottas in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
    Il tempio arcaico di Caprifico di Torrecchia (Cisterna di Latina): I materiali e il contesto
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
  • Associated elements: Raking simas, lateral simas, antefixes, acroteria
  • Type of decoration: Chariot procession to right
  • Current Collection: Ashmolean Museum: 1973.283a
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 16.2
  • Width: 12.7
  • Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
  • Paint: Cream slip 10YR 8/3
  • Condition: Fragment of lower left corner
  • Decoration main field: Relief figured frieze
  • Thickness plaque: 2.1
  • Thickness including relief: 3.2
  • Mouldmade decoration: yes
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