1348, Rome, Forum Romanum - Regia III

Record number: 1348
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Regia III
Position: Ridge
Roof element: Tiles, ridge
Remarks: Fragment of large semicylindrical ridge tile with upright plaque (H 10.3-10.6, Th 1.2 top, 1.9 bottom) along top axis, running length of ridge tile, with squared tongues (W 6.6) with cutout top edges, painted white-on-red with inner & outer bands (W white band 0.7) indicating each tongue. Black sand on underside of tile. From excavations around the Temple of Castor & Pollux, but probably originally belonging to Regia III
Bibliography: Grønne in I. Nielsen 1987, p. 88, fig. 6; Fischer-Hansen 2008, p. 307, KK-12, pl. 229, fig. 312; Winter 2009a, pp. 219-220, 3.H.2, Ill. 3.12.2
Publication record: Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Ultimi indagini al tempio dei Castori
Votive and architectural terracottas; Tiles (co-authored with C. Grønne)
Type of decoration: Ridge tile cresting with painted tongue pattern
Current Collection: Danish Academy: CA 29.4 (CA 84-7, CA 84-40)
Mouldmade: no
Width: 20.3
MPD: 12.7
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: White 10YR 8/3, brown-red ground 5YR 5/4-5/6
Condition: Fragmentary
Thickness tile: 1.2

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