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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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