6535, Veii, Portonaccio sanctuary
- Record number: 6535
- Site: Veii
- Building or zone: Portonaccio sanctuary
- Roof element: Lateral simas
- Remarks: Restored lateral sima. 1) Fragment of hindquarters to right, MPH 9.9, MPW 13.4. H haunch 7.4. 2) Fragment of head to right with finished right edge, MPH 9.1, MPW 7.8. Th plaque 1.9, + relief 2.2. H face 4.2. Flat band H 1.5, D 2.2. 3) Right plaque preserving curved opening and 2.5 concave tongues W 3.2. Finished right edge. MPH 16.7, MPW 19.8. Th plaque 1.8, + relief 2.7. Beginning of curve on concave tongue.
- Bibliography: Stefani 1953, p. 58, fig. 32q; Santuari d'Etruria 1985, 5.1 B 1; Ö. Wikander 1994, p. 58, no. 53; Winter 2009a, pp. 338-339, 5.B.1.a, Ill. 5.4
- Publication record: Santuari d'Etruria
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
The Archaic Etruscan sima
Veio. Tempio detto dell'Apollo. Esplorazione e sistemazione del santuario - Type of decoration: Crouching sphinxes
- Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: VP 502
- Mouldmade: yes
- Height: 26.2R
- Clay: 2.5YR 4/6 -4/4
- Paint: Red-brown skin. Black hair, half-tongues. Cream ground.
- Condition: 4 fragments forming 3 parts of plaque
- Thickness plaque: 1.8
- Thickness including relief: 2.6
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