1076, Rome, Forum Romanum - Regia IV

Record number: 1076
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Regia IV
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Lateral simas
Remarks: Fragment of cavetto with 3 complete & 2 partial concave tongues superimposed below flat fascia, leaving hollow triangles between tops of tongues & upper fascia. Finished left edge with half-strigil and curved opening for antefix (RDiam 16). Flat back. Fabric resembles cover tile R65.12 assigned to Regia III. Excavated in Section 6b
Bibliography: Iacopi 1982, p. 44, fig. 13; La grande Roma 1990, p. 60, 3.2.8 (assigned to Regia III); Downey 1995, p. 87, no. 39, fig. 56; Winter 2009a, pp. 341-343, 5.B.3.b, fig. 5.9
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from the Regia
Documentazione archeologica sulla Regia
La grande Roma dei Tarquini
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Associated elements: Lateral sima fragments R64.268, antefixes R64.300, R64.250, R65.67, ridge tile R64.319, pan tile R64.299
Type of decoration: Flat fascia/concave tongues
Current Collection: Antiquarium forense: R65.28 406596
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 5.5
Width: 11
MPD: 5.5
Clay: 2.5YR 4/6
Condition: Broken on 2 sides, preserving upper edge and left edges
Height top fascia: 1.8
Depth top fascia: 5.5
Width strigil: 2.7
Concave strigil: yes
Cut-out for antefix: yes
Width strigil: 2.7
Concave: yes

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