870, Rome, Esquiline

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Record number: 870
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Esquiline
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
Comparanda: Smaller version: cf. Rome, Antiquarium Comunale 15800; Velletri (Andrén 1940, p. No. I:1)
Remarks: Plaque with small part of strigils above relief frieze: biga (Diam. wheel 4.8) with winged horses (H heads 6.5), charioteer & female passenger behind triga (Diam wheel 4.8) with male passenger and male walking alongside beyond horses. 4 nail holes (Diam 0.9). Traces of red-brown paint on biga, horse & wing, ground. Back flat & unslipped.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 343-344, No. I:1, Pl. 104:371; Gjerstad 1966, pp. 476-478, no. 5, fig. 143 reconstruction; Helbig4 II, pp. 594-596, No. 1829; Andrén 1974, p. 4 n. 20; Gantz 1974-1975, p. 5; Cristofani 1987b, p. 98; La grande Roma 1990, pp. 253-254; Winter 2009a, pp. 366-368, 5.D.3.a, fig. 5.21; Winter et al. 2009, Table 3; Mura Sommella 2010a, p. 88, fig. 1
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
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Terracotta figured friezes from the workshop of Vulca
The procession frieze from the Etruscan sanctuary at Poggio Civitate
Type of decoration: Chariot procession with biga & triga moving to right
Current Collection: Antiquarium Comunale: 3371
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 24
Width: 60.1
Clay: 10YR 6/4
Paint: Cream slip 10YR 7/3, red-brown 2.5YR 4/4
Condition: Missing most of strigilation & parts of frieze
Height main field: 20.3
Mouldmade decoration: yes

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