Comparanda: Revetment plaques from Comitium & Regia III
Remarks: Fragment of relief plaque with feline in profile to left, preserving neck, forequarters, left foreleg, torso, paw of hindleg, painted white with brown circles with dot centers & interior lines for musculature & details. Recessed channel at neck break indicates that missing head was frontal. Red-brown ground, narrow fillet along bottom as groundline, above bottom raised border. From excavations in area of Temple of Castor & Pollux but probably originally belonging to Regia III
Bibliography: Grønne in I. Nielsen 1987, p. 87, fig. 4; Fischer-Hansen 2008, pp. 286-287, JJ-90, pl. 213.2, fig. 222; Winter 2009a, pp. 178-180, 3.D.2.a, Ill. 3.5.1
Publication record: 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 Ultimi indagini al tempio dei Castori. Author: Nielsen, I.. Journal and volume number: Archeologia Laziale 8. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1987. Pages: 83-87 Votive and architectural terracottas; Tiles (co-authored with C. Grønne). Author: Fischer-Hansen, T.. Journal and volume number: The Temple of Castor and Pollux II.2. Place of publication: Rome. Publication Date: 2008. Pages: 283-312
