1352, Rome, Forum Romanum - Regia III

Record number: 1352
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Regia III
Position: Ridge
Roof element: Tiles, ridge
Remarks: Fragment of upright plaque from ridge tile cresting, with 3 tongues, painted red-brown. At detached bottom, longitudinal incision as on CA 29.120 (CA 84-248 + CA 83-122) and CA 29.120 (CA 83-53). From excavations around the Temple of Castor & Pollux, but probably originally belonging to Regia III
Bibliography: Fischer-Hansen 2008, p. 307, KK-14, fig. 315; Winter 2009a, pp. 219-220, 3.H.2
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: CA 29.120 (CA 84-248 + CA 83-122), CA 29.120 (CA 83-53), CA 29.120 (CA 83-21)
Type of decoration: Ridge tile cresting with painted white-on-red tongue pattern
Current Collection: Danish Academy: CB 77 (CB 84-206) + CA 29.4 (CA 84-248)
Mouldmade: no
Height: 10.3-10.5
Width: 20.3
MPD: 2.6
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4 with gray core
Paint: red-brown 5 YR 5/6
Condition: Finished side edge

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