1418, Rome, Forum Romanum - Regia III

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Record number: 1418
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Regia III
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
Remarks: Fragment preserves plaque with flat top fascia with white painted tongue (on black? ground)/frieze with feline (H top of tail curve to crotch 7.5) in relief, painted white with brown oblique lines on back top, along thigh & belly, moving to right with near hind leg advanced forward. Pale red ground on frieze. Thin fillet as ground line (H 0.3, D 2.1). Nail hole (Diam 0.7). From excavations in area of Temple of Castor & Pollux but probably originally belonging to Regia III
Bibliography: Fischer-Hansen 2008, p. 287, JJ-91, pl. 214.1, fig. 223; Winter 2009a, pp. 175-178, 3.D.1.a, Ill. 3.4.1
Publication record: Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Votive and architectural terracottas; Tiles (co-authored with C. Grønne)
Associated elements: R65.18, R65.19, R65.5/20, CW 85-05
Type of decoration: Fascia with painted tongue/relief feline moving to right
Current Collection: Danish Academy: CP 9.7 (CP 85-45)
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 13.8
Width: 16.3
MPD: 2.5
Clay: 10YR 7/3
Paint: White, black, red
Condition: Fragment of upper left corner
Height top fascia: 3.5
Depth top fascia: 2.5
Height main field: 9+
Decoration main field: Relief figured frieze
Thickness plaque: 1.7
Thickness including relief: 2.5
Mouldmade decoration: yes

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