871, Rome

Record number: 871
Site: Rome
Position: Pediment
Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
Remarks: Nude upper torso & left leg of mature man bending forward, with drapery around waist & black necklace with red bulla around neck, mounted on flat plaque (MPH 18, MPW 15.7). On back, part of arm of another figure. On left, piece of background plaque (Th. 2.1) with large oval opening into torso, up to arm & down into right leg. Skin painted red on top of gold-brown slip. Black stripe between body & plaque. Drapery folded over at right side, cream with red border. Handmade, hollow, built up in layers, with drapery added on top of torso.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 365, No. II:2, Pl. 108:386
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Type of decoration: Mature man
Current Collection: Antiquarium Comunale: 3376
Mouldmade: no
Height: 30
Width: 18.2
MPD: 18.5
Clay: 2.5Y 7/4
Paint: Gold-brown slip 7.5YR 6/4, red 10R 4/4
Condition: Broken on all sides
H shoulder-waist: 13

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