1417, Rome, Forum Romanum - Regia III

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Record number: 1417
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Regia III
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
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.
Ultimi indagini al tempio dei Castori
Votive and architectural terracottas; Tiles (co-authored with C. Grønne)
Associated elements: Antiquarium forense 1918, R64.320
Type of decoration: Spotted feline moving to left
Current Collection: Danish Academy: CA 29.5 (CA 84-12)
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 18.5
Width: 11.1
MPD: 2.3
Clay: 10YR 7/3
Paint: White 10YR 8/3, brown 5YR 4/4
Condition: Broken on all edges
Decoration main field: Relief figured frieze
Thickness plaque: 1.6
Thickness including relief: 2.3
Mouldmade decoration: yes

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