3606, Poggio Civitate, Courtyard building

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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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