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1704, Veii, Piazza d'Armi - cistern at W edge of plateau

  • Record number: 1704
  • Site: VEII
  • Building or zone: PIAZZA D'ARMI - CISTERN AT W EDGE OF PLATEAU
  • Roof element: REVETMENT PLAQUES,FIGURAL
  • Remarks: RELIEF REVETMENT PLAQUE PRESERVING SHORT, CONVEX STRIGILS ACROSS TOP, ABOVE RELIEF FIGURED FRIEZE WITH FELINE BODY IN PROFILE, MOVING TO RIGHT, WITH TAIL FORMING S-CURVE ABOVE BACK. AT BOTTOM, FLAT FASCIA
  • Bibliography: VEIO, CERVETERI, VULCI 2001, PP. 33-34 I.E.10; WINTER 2009A, P. 259, 4.D.3.B, ILL. 4.7.2
  • Publication record: 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
    Veio, Cerveteri, Vulci. Città d'Etruria a confronto. Catalogo della mostra, Roma, Museo Nazionale Etrusco. Author: Moretti Sgubini, A.M.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2001
  • Associated elements: OTHER FRAGMENTS PROBABLY FROM SAME PLAQUE FOUND IN CISTERN, ONE INDICATING THAT PLAQUE ORIGINALLY HAD AT LEAST 3 FELINE BODIES
  • Type of decoration: FELINE MOVING TO RIGHT
  • Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
  • Mouldmade: YES
  • Height: 21.7
  • Width: 16.5
  • MPD: 1.3
  • Paint: WHITE ALTERNATING STRIGILS, BACK OF FELINE, RED ALTERNATING STRIGILS
  • Condition: RESTORED FROM SEVERAL FRAGMENTS, MISSING CENTER & RIGHT SIDE OF PLAQUE
  • Convex strigil: YES
  • Decoration main field: RELIEF FIGURED FRIEZE
  • Mouldmade decoration: YES
  • Convex: YES
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