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
- Type of decoration: Horserider
- Current Collection: Museo Guarnacci: 96770
- 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
Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/306CCE10-EE5F-438C-84E2-6D0970EAE525
