3576, Poggio Civitate, CA2 Courtyard building

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Record number: 3576
Site: Poggio Civitate
Building or zone: CA2 Courtyard building
Position: Pediment slopes
Roof element: Raking simas
Comparanda: 68-150
Remarks: Raking sima with frieze of coursing hounds and hares to left. Shorter in height than 68-150 because of shorter figural frieze. H hound 5.2. H hares 5.6, L nose to tail tip 8.1.
Bibliography: Phillips 1993, p. 31; Pairault Massa 1993b; Ö. Wikander 1994, p. 55, no.26; Winter 2009a, pp. 162-163, 3.A.1.b
Publication record: In the hills of Tuscany. Recent excavations at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena)
La sima oblique di Poggio Civitate (Murlo); problèmes techniques et interprétation historique
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
The Archaic Etruscan sima
Type of decoration: Coursing hounds and hares to left
Current Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate: 68-148 109296
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 18
Width: 34
MPD: 12
Clay: Brown
Paint: Red-brown and cream alternating on strigils.
Height top fascia: 1.5
Height strigil: 7
Height lower roll: 2
Decoration lower roll: Guilloche
Height main field: 5.8
Height strigil: 7

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