3606, Poggio Civitate, Courtyard building
- Record number: 3606
- Site: Poggio Civitate
- Building or zone: Courtyard building
- Position: Courtyard eaves
- Roof element: Lateral simas
- Remarks: Piece of left front corner with part of raised side edge, cut back for Daedalic-style head overlap, scar from rosette, part of opening for spout. Th plaque 3. Curved inner top edge. Recessed cut-back W 6.2, D 1.7. Oblique inner edge between cut-back and plaque front. Scar for rosette (Diam scar 8.5). Dist. From cut-back 1.5. Dist. From spout scar 5.5. Guidelines for bottom border which is not painted.
- Bibliography: Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p.121, 3.374; Phillips 1990, pp. 142, 155, no. 3, figs. 6-7; Winter 2009a, pp. 166-167, 3.B.1.b
- Publication record: Case e palazzi d'Etruria
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
The lateral sima from Poggio Civitate (Murlo): notes on early Etruscan craftsmanship - Current Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate: 66-247 107473
- Mouldmade: yes
- Height: 11.7
- Width: 28
- MPD: 24.6
- Clay: 2.5YR 6/8
- Paint: 7.5R 4/6
- Th. tile backer: 2.3
- Soffit decoration type: Soffit has incised guidelines (string marks?) from border lines to either side of painted meander. Red ground overpainted white 7.5R 4/6.
- Inner H raised side edge: 4.3-4.4
- Outer H raised side edge: 7.5
- Width raised side edge: 3.2
- Thickness tile backer: 2.3
- Soffit decoration type: Soffit has incised guidelines (string marks?) from border lines to either side of painted meander. Red ground overpainted white 7.5R 4/6.
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