3552, Poggio Civitate, CA 2/Courtyard building

Record number: 3552
Site: Poggio Civitate
Building or zone: CA 2/Courtyard building
Position: Ridge
Roof element: Acroteria, animal statues
Remarks: Fragment of large, nearly life-size front left horse hoof and lower leg, mounted on curved ridge tile (H 3) with finished front edge. Leg attached to curving vertical plaque (Th 2) which must have extended between all 4 legs, hollow inside, forming central support below statue. H hoof 6.9, W 7.3. H ankle 2.4, W 4.2. MPH leg with fetlock 9.7, W 5.2. Added walls between legs because held added weight as, e.g., rider on horse(?).
Bibliography: Poggio Civitate 1970, p. 33, no. 15; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p. 113, 3.316; Newland 1994, pp. 58-59, no. 71; Winter 2009a, p. 207, 3.E.4.b
Publication record: Case e palazzi d'Etruria
Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena): the Archaic Sanctuary. Catalogue of the exhibition, Florence-Siena, 1970
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
The akroterial sculpture and architectural terracottas from the Upper Building at Murlo
Type of decoration: Horse hoof
Current Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate: 67-79 110472
Mouldmade: no
Height: 21.8
Width: 13.3
MPD: 26.7
Clay: 7.5YR 5/4
Paint: Red paint on hoof and leg, tile right front and plaque by front legs 10R 4/8.

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