5576, Orvieto, Belvedere

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Record number: 5576
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Belvedere
Roof element: Revetment plaques, floral
Remarks: Floral revetment plaque. Some plaques cut off at bottom in irregular curve, therefore evidence that they were used to cover raking beams (cantherii) above the pediment as they were cut-off to allow for pedimental sculpture heads or shoulders which projected above lower edge of raking cornice. H top strigil tips 2.8, D 6.7. D strigils 2.5. W interstices 0.9. D roll 3.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 183, no. II:44, Pl. C:2, 70:230; La civiltà degli Etruschi 1985, p. 380, 16.1.34
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
La civiltà degli Etruschi. Author: Cristofani, M.. Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985
Type of decoration: Floral
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Archeologico
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 43.5
Width: 58
Clay: 5YR 7/6
Paint: Red 7.5R 4/4. Black ground.
Height strigil: 6
Width strigil: 4
Height main field: 32.8
Thickness plaque: 2.4
Thickness including relief: 2.7
Height strigil: 6
Width strigil: 4

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