1464, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Sassi Caduti

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Record number: 1464
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Sassi Caduti
Roof element: Revetment plaques, floral
Comparanda: Narce: Villa Giulia 16027
Remarks: Relief revetment plaque with top fascia/concave tongues/roll/flat fascia with painted hook-meander/roll/relief floral frieze with upright lotuses encircled by bow volutes, above pendent 9-leaf palmettes with alternating round convex & pointed concave petals below double volutes, with cutout bottom edge
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 115, No. I:18, Pl. 42:140
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Associated elements: 12423-12424 corner plaque with floral relief
Type of decoration: Fascia/concave tongues/roll/painted hook-meander/roll/relief floral frieze
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 12423
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 47
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
Paint: Red-purple top outline of strigils tips, alternate central vertical bands, top hook meander, upper background of floral relief, lotus petals, outlines of round palmette petals; black alternate central vertical bands, diagonal bands on rolls, bottom hook meander, bow volutes, ground below bow volutes, pointed palmette petals
Height top fascia: 3
Depth top fascia: 6.5
Height strigil: 11
Width strigil: 3.5
Concave strigil: yes
Height central fascia: 8
Decoration central fascia: Painted hook meander
Height lower roll: 2.2
Decoration lower roll: Bl diagonal band
Height main field: 22
Decoration main field: Relief floral frieze
Thickness plaque: 2.3
Thickness including relief: 3
Mouldmade decoration: yes
Painted decoration only: yes
Height palmette: 13.5
Height strigil: 11
Width strigil: 3.5
Concave: yes

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