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7524, Tuscania, Ara del Tufo

  • Record number: 7524
  • Site: Tuscania
  • Building or zone: Ara del Tufo
  • Roof element: Acroteria, cutout
  • Remarks: Cutout acroterion of boar's body. Largest piece appears to have been painted black on top and edge. Back smooth.
  • Bibliography: Rystedt 1983, p. 156, n. 280, fig. 114 right (upside down); Sgubini Moretti 1986; Danner 1993a, p. 99, n. 71, longitudinal position; Winter 2009a, p. 106, 2.E.3.a, fig. 2.17, Ill. 2.13.2; Moretti Sgubini & Ricciardi in Tetti di terracotta 2011, p. 78; Winter in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 296-297
  • Publication record: Acquarossa 4: Early Etruscan akroteria from Acquarossa and Poggio Civitate (Murlo). Author: Rystedt, E.. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1983
    Confronti nell'architettura funeraria rupestre: qualche esempio. Author: Sgubini Moretti, A.M.. Journal and volume number: Architettura etrusca nel viterbese 1986. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1986. Pages: 137-144
    Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens. Author: Danner, P.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 93-107
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009
    Tetti di terracotta: La decorazione architettonica fittile tra Etruria e Lazio in età arcaica. Atti delle giornate di studio, Sapienza-Università di Roma, 25 marzo e 25 ottobre 2010. Journal and volume number: Officina Etruscologia 5. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2011
  • Associated elements: AdT 80/132
  • Type of decoration: Boar's body
  • Last Recorded Collection: Museo Archeologico
  • Mouldmade: no
  • Height: 27.2
  • Width: 39.1
  • MPD: 3
  • Clay: 2.5YR 5/8 with thick core
  • Paint: Traces of red paint 10R 4/6.
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