3586, Poggio Civitate, Courtyard building
- Record number: 3586
- Site: Poggio Civitate
- Building or zone: Courtyard building
- Position: Courtyard eaves
- Roof element: Lateral simas
- Remarks: Lateral sima. H cavetto 8.2, Th cavetto 1.8 (top), 3.5 (bottom). Th plaque 2.2. W scar half head 7.3. W rosette scar 10.5. W feline head 12.1. L eye socket of feline-head waterspout 4.9, L nose 3.7, W nose end 3.8, H open mouth 4.6. Handmade feline-head waterspout with round bulbous eyes surrounded by deep finger channel, open mouth with 2 fangs joining top and bottom.
- Bibliography: Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p.120, 3.367; Bruni et al. 1988, p. 58; Damgaard Andersen 1990, p. 75; Phillips 1993, p. 31; Ö. Wikander 1994, p. 55, no.27; Winter 2009a, pp. 166-167, 3.B.1.b
- Publication record: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate
Case e palazzi d'Etruria
In the hills of Tuscany. Recent excavations at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena)
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
The Archaic Etruscan sima
The feline waterspouts of the lateral sima from the Upper Building at Poggio Civitate, Murlo - Type of decoration: Feline head
- Current Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate: 68-182 109883
- Mouldmade: yes
- Height: 21
- Width: 31.5
- MPD: 23
- Clay: 5YR 6/6-5/8 with gray core
- Paint: Brown surface
- Height top fascia: 13
- Width strigil: 1.8-2
- Th. tile backer: 2
- H feline spout: 10.5
- W feline spout: 9.2 + ear
- D feline spout: 12.1
- Width strigil: 1.8-2
- Inner H raised side edge: 5
- Outer H raised side edge: 7.5
- Width raised side edge: 4
- Thickness tile backer: 2
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