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2851, Poggio Civitate, T5E/courtyard building

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  • Record number: 2851
  • Site: Poggio Civitate
  • Building or zone: T5E/courtyard building
  • Position: Ridge
  • Roof element: Acroteria, animal statues
  • Remarks: Th wall 2. Animal wing with oblique, depressed channel near base of wing. Smaller scale than male sphinx in museum. Scar on upper back of wing. Right wing. Found with griffin head.
  • Bibliography: Winter 2009a, p. 204-205, 3.E.3.a
  • Publication record: Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
  • Type of decoration: Right wing of griffin
  • Current Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate Storerooms: 68-163
  • Mouldmade: no
  • Height: 13.5
  • Width: 25.4
  • MPD: 4.9
  • Clay: 5YR 5/4
  • Paint: Traces of red paint on bottom of wing and body below, 10R 4/6.
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