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7680, Volterra, Acropolis

  • Record number: 7680
  • Site: VOLTERRA
  • Building or zone: ACROPOLIS
  • Roof element: RAKING SIMAS
  • Comparanda: AREZZO: SPRENGER & BARTOLONI 1983, P. 117, PL. 136
  • Remarks: FIGURAL RAKING SIMA WITH HORSERIDER SUPERIMPOSED IN HIGH RELIEF ON TOP OF TALL CONCAVE TONGUES /ROLL/TALL FLAT FASCIA, AND RESTING ON TORUS AT BOTTOM. SQUARED TOP EDGE BACK. CONCAVE TONGUES WITH RAISED EDGES. D ROLL 3.3. RIDER WITH CAPE BLOWING IN BREEZE, HEAD MISSING. MPH HORSERIDER 33.5. L HORSE TORSO 24.5. H HORSE 29.4. TORUS HAS SMALL HOLE, NON-PENETRATING. HANDMADE. TOP FASCIA HAS HOLE IN RIGHT TOP SURFACE, DIAM CA. 2.5, D CA. 1. TOP FLAT, CA. 6.5 CM, BEHIND WHICH SHARP CURVE DOWNWARD.
  • Bibliography: NSC SUPPL. 1973, P. 81, FIG. 57; Ö. WIKANDER 1994, P. 58, NO. 59
  • Publication record: The Archaic Etruscan sima. Author: Wikander, Ö.. Journal and volume number: Murlo and the Etruscans, ed. R. De Puma & J. Small. Place of publication: Madison, WI. Publication Date: 1994. Pages: 47-63
  • Type of decoration: HORSERIDER
  • Last Recorded Collection: Museo Guarnacci
  • Mouldmade: NO
  • Height: 46.6
  • Width: 47.4
  • MPD: 11
  • Clay: 10YR 7/3
  • Paint: WHITE ON RAISED EDGES OF CONCAVE TONGUES, ALTERNATING BLACK/RED DEPRESSED CENTERS. BLACK ON TOP FASCIA AND GROUND BEHIND RIDER. INTERIOR OF CAPE PAINTED RED. TRACES OF RED ON TORUS, POSSIBLE SCALE PATTERN.
  • Height top fascia: 3.5
  • Depth top fascia: 9.8
  • Height strigil: 14.5
  • Width strigil: 3.9
  • Concave strigil: YES
  • Height main field: 22.5
  • Decoration main field: 2.6
  • Height strigil: 14.5
  • Width strigil: 3.9
  • Concave: YES
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