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7834, Tuscania, Ara del Tufo, funerary sacellum

  • Record number: 7834
  • Site: Tuscania
  • Building or zone: Ara del Tufo, funerary sacellum
  • Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
  • Remarks: Fragmentary figural revetment plaque with scene of warrior's departure to left, led by three warriors of which part of the second and third remain. The third warrior carries two spears and a shield (Diam 7.9) Heads of two horses
  • Bibliography: Sgubini Moretti & Ricciardi 1993, pp. 169-172, fig. 39 (Scena di partenza I, var. 2); Strandberg Olofsson 1993, p. 195, fig. 7; Winter 2009a, p. 268, 4.D.4.c, Ill. 4.8.3; Moretti Sgubini & Ricciardi in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 76-78; Winter in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 296-297
  • Publication record: Le terrecotte architettoniche di Tuscania
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
    Tetti di terracotta: La decorazione architettonica fittile tra Etruria e Lazio in età arcaica. Atti delle giornate di studio, Sapienza-Università di Roma, 25 marzo e 25 ottobre 2010
    Variation in mould-made reliefs
  • Type of decoration: Departing warrior to left (Departing warrior I, variant 2)
  • Current Collection: Museo Archeologico: AdT 80/F, 80/T, 80/V, 80d, 80/282, 80/266, 80/302, 80/353, 80/301, 80/303, 80/307, 80/322, 80/301, 80/322
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 22.3
  • Width: 56
  • MPD: 6.3
  • Clay: Varies on different fragments, all with gray core
  • Paint: Red 7.5R 4/6 shield, near horse, chariot, vertical stripes on top fascia. Alternate strigils white/black/white/red White 10YR 8/3
  • Condition: Many joining fragments, with many lacunae
  • Height top fascia: 2.1
  • Depth top fascia: 6.3
  • Height strigil: 5.7
  • Width strigil: 2
  • Convex strigil: yes
  • Height main field: 14.6
  • Decoration main field: Departing warrior
  • Thickness plaque: 1.9
  • Thickness including relief: 2.7
  • Mouldmade decoration: yes
  • Height strigil: 5.7
  • Width strigil: 2
  • Convex: yes
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