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1351, Rome, Forum Romanum - Regia III

  • Record number: 1351
  • Site: Rome
  • Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Regia III
  • Position: Ridge
  • Roof element: Tiles, ridge
  • Remarks: Fragment of upright plaque forming cresting of ridge tile, with red-brown paint on surface. Along bottom, where detached from ridge tile, incised line as if plaque were formed from 2 halves. From excavations around the Temple of Castor & Pollux, but probably originally belonging to Regia III
  • Bibliography: Fischer-Hansen 2008, p. 307, KK-13 (b), figs. 313 bottom left & 314; Winter 2009a, pp. 219-220, 3.H.2
  • Publication record: Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
    Votive and architectural terracottas; Tiles (co-authored with C. Grønne)
  • Associated elements: CA 83-21, CA 84-248 + CA 83-122
  • Type of decoration: Ridge tile cresting with painted white-on-red tongue pattern
  • Current Collection: Danish Academy: CA 29.120 (CA 83-53)
  • Mouldmade: no
  • Height: 5.7
  • Width: 9.8
  • MPD: 2.6
  • Clay: 10YR 7/3 with gray core
  • Paint: red-brown 2.5YR 5/6
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