Remarks: Top of plaque with recurved tops of concave tongues, alternately gray/white/red/blue/gray, above projecting flat fascia (D 5.3), recessed frieze with painted central star flanked by half-circles (white center, with outer gray band W 2.-3.5, Diam 14). Back of plaque top curved behind concave tongues, reflecting their front profile. Incised guidelines for star with compass-drawn circles. No nail holes. Found in fill of cistern to SE of habitation area, filled by 500 B.C., giving terminus ante quem
Bibliography: Cristofani 1986b, pp. 15, 19, n. 28, no. 2, Pl. 1a; Cristofani 1990a, p. 278; Cristofani 1992a, pp. 49, 56, fig. 101, Pl. V, B 40; Bellelli in Veio, Cerveteri, Vulci 2001, p. 126, II.A.2.4, Pl. VII bottom; Winter 2009a, pp. 461-462, 6.D.4, Ill. 6.16.1
Publication record: Caere 3.1. Lo scarico arcaico della Vigna Parrocchiale. Author: Cristofani, M.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1992. Pages: 29-57 Nuove terrecotte decorative da Cerveteri. Author: Cristofani, M.. Journal and volume number: Die Welt der Etrusker 1990. Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1990. Pages: 277-280 Nuovi dati per la storia urbana di Caere. Author: Cristofani, M.. Journal and volume number: BdA 71:35-36. Publication Date: 1986. Pages: 1-24 Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009 Veio, Cerveteri, Vulci. Città d'Etruria a confronto. Catalogo della mostra, Roma, Museo Nazionale Etrusco. Author: Moretti Sgubini, A.M.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2001
Associated elements: Raking sima Type I B 15 & antefixes Type II
Type of decoration: Concave tongues/flat fascia/painted star & half-circles
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: no
Height: 35.5
Width: 54
MPD: 8.2
Clay: 5YR 5/6
Paint: White 10YR 7/4, red 7.5R 3/8, turquoise ground & strigils 5G 5/1, gray
Depth top fascia: 5.9
Height strigil: 6.1
Width strigil: 3.8
Concave strigil: yes
Height main field: 25.6
Decoration main field: Painted star & circles
Thickness plaque: 2
Painted decoration only: yes
Height strigil: 6.1
Width strigil: 3.8
Concave: yes
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