573, Caere, Vigna Parrocchiale

Record number: 573
Site: Caere
Building or zone: Vigna Parrocchiale
Position: Pediment
Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
Comparanda: Cf. Cerveteri, Vigna Marini-Vitalini: Die Welt der Etrusker, pp. 160, 169 B 6.1.13-14
Remarks: Torso of bull facing right, painted red with black inner details, in high relief. Scar from head turned frontal towards viewer?
Bibliography: Cristofani 1992a, p. 34, fig. 51, B 14.1 (smaller scale high relief); Winter 2009a, p. 466, 6.D.6
Publication record: Caere 3.1. Lo scarico arcaico della Vigna Parrocchiale
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Associated elements: 84.179, 84.137, 84.54-3; head of Herakles from Esquiline
Type of decoration: Bull facing right
Current Collection: C.N.R. storerooms at Banditaccia necropolis: 84.1
Mouldmade: no
Height: 10.9
Width: 19.6
MPD: 5.7
Clay: 5YR 7/6
Paint: Red, black
Condition: Missing head & legs
Thickness plaque: 1.9
Thickness including relief: 5.7

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