1010, Rome, Capitoline hill south slope

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Record number: 1010
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Capitoline hill south slope
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Lateral simas
Comparanda: Rome, S. Omobono; Velletri
Remarks: Fragment preserves most of concave tongues' height, thin roll, part of flat plaque & finished right edge with cutout for insertion of antefix. Surface painted red-brown. On back, beginning of curve to tile backer. Veii-Rome-Velletri type
Bibliography: Gjerstad 1960, p. 202, fig. 127.6; La grande Roma 1990, p. 71, 3.6.9 (photo labelled 3.6.8); Winter 2009a, pp. 340-341, 5.B.3.a
Publication record: Early Rome III: Fortifications, domestic architecture, sanctuaries, stratigraphic excavations. Author: Gjerstad, E.. Place of publication: Lund. Publication Date: 1960
La grande Roma dei Tarquini. Author: Cristofani, M. (ed.). Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1990
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
Associated elements: 20088, 20089 (revetment plaques)
Type of decoration: Concave tongues
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium Comunale
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 14
Width: 14.1
MPD: 2.8
Clay: = S.Omobono
Paint: red-brown 2.5YR 4/6
Condition: Broken on all sides except for finished right edge
Height strigil: 8
Width strigil: 3
Concave strigil: yes
Painted decoration only: yes
Cut-out for antefix: yes
Height strigil: 8
Width strigil: 3
Concave: yes

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