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6782, Pyrgi, Small building next to Temple B and contemporary

  • Record number: 6782
  • Site: Pyrgi
  • Building or zone: Small building next to Temple B and contemporary
  • Position: From slopes; apex pieces
  • Roof element: Revetment plaques, floral
  • Remarks: Revetment plaque decorated with strigils/painted diamonds/floral. D strigil top 4.3, center 2, ridge 2.4. D roll 2.5. D flat fascia 2. D roll 2.7. Moulded relief with cutout bottom edge. Pendent lotus and palmette, lotus with tendrils above encircled by long arching band ending in volutes above palmette.
  • Type of decoration: Strigils/painted diamonds/ floral
  • Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium di Pyrgi
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 32
  • Width: 32.5
  • Clay: 5Y 7/2, also redder version 7.5YR 6/6
  • Paint: Red-brown 5YR 5/3. Strigils outlined in black with red central vertical stripe. Roll with diagonal bands red/white/black. Fascia with painted diamonds in black with solid red small diamond center and black bands above and below. Roll with diagonal bands in black/white/red. Black ground above lotus spirals, cream below. Palmette leaves encircled with red band, with alternating red/black centers and small pomegranates painted with stems coming from between palmette leaves. Lotus outlined in red with red calyx center and black heart between leaves.
  • Height top fascia: 1.2
  • Depth top fascia: 4.3
  • Height strigil: 7
  • Width strigil: 3.5
  • Height central fascia: 7
  • Height lower roll: 1.5
  • Height main field: 13.3
  • Thickness plaque: 2.3
  • Thickness including relief: 2.5
  • Height strigil: 7
  • Width strigil: 3.5

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/10F7FB8B-88B8-4938-8D5D-182A87CFA2BF

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