3339, Poggio Civitate, Ag7, T17 B8 + I9-11

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Record number: 3339
Site: Poggio Civitate
Building or zone: Ag7, T17 B8 + I9-11
Position: Ridge
Roof element: Acroteria, cutout
Remarks: Fragment of cutout acroterion of horse with rider preserving head and part of torso of horse and rider on his back. Flat plaque with all details incised by wide, deep channels. Profile horse, man's head and lower body; frontal chest and arms. Finished bottom edge to horse's belly, at sharp angle. Back flat with strut from back of horse neck, pointing down. Th 2.5. H horse head 19.1, W 22.3. H man's head 8.1, W 6.8.
Bibliography: Rystedt 1983, pp. 35-36, figs. 15, 36, 55, Pls. 9-10, PC 1; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, pp. 71-72, 3.13; Phillips 1993, p. 57; Bruni et al. 1988, pp. 41-42, fig. 47; Danner 1993a, longitudinal; Winter 2009a, pp. 106-108, 2.E.3.b, Ill. 2.13.3
Publication record: Acquarossa 4: Early Etruscan akroteria from Acquarossa and Poggio Civitate (Murlo). Author: Rystedt, E.. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1983
Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate. Author: Bruni, S. et al.. Place of publication: Firenze. Publication Date: 1988
Case e palazzi d'Etruria. Author: Stopponi, S. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985
Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens. Author: Danner, P.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 93-107
In the hills of Tuscany. Recent excavations at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena). Author: Phillips, K.M., Jr.. Place of publication: Philadelphia. Publication Date: 1993
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
Type of decoration: Horse and rider
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate
Mouldmade: no
Height: 33.5
Width: 45
Clay: 2.5YR 5/6
Paint: Traces of brown paint on man's leg 2.5YR 5/4-5/6. Traces of red on horse chest and belly 2.5YR 4/8.
Height head: 8.1
Width strut: 6
Depth strut: 3.1

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