7569, Tuscania, Ara del Tufo, funerary sacellum

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Record number: 7569
Site: Tuscania
Building or zone: Ara del Tufo, funerary sacellum
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
Comparanda: Variants at Caere and Tarquinia, later at Roselle; Equal to Acquarossa Type C from same mould
Remarks: Fragments of figural revetment plaque of banquet scene. Concave, shallow strigils, 3 banqueteers, cauldron and servant to left. D strigil ridges 2.4, center 2.1. Diam nail hole 0.6. Crisp mould. H table 4.8. H cauldron stand 7.4. More fragments have now been added to inv. 55
Bibliography: Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte 1972, p. 99, no. 191, pl. XXVII.a; Sgubini Moretti & Ricciardi 1993, p. 166, fig. 12 right; Winter 2009a, pp. 278-279, 4.D.6.e; Moretti Sgubini & Ricciardi in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 76-78; Winter in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 296-297
Publication record: Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte
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
Type of decoration: Banquet
Current Collection: Museo Archeologico: 55
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 19.3
Width: 23.8
Clay: 5YR 5/6
Paint: No paint.
Condition: Preserves lower part of strigils, entire frieze height, and right corner
Width strigil: 2.7
Height main field: 14.8
Thickness plaque: 2.2
Thickness including relief: 2.7
Width strigil: 2.7

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