Remarks: Raking sima. Flat fascia with recurved tips, H 4.5 (tips: H 3.1), D 4. D strigils 12. D roll 3.2. Flat fascia with painted meander to left, H 10.5, D 2.4. Thick torus, perforated, painted vertical rows of scales to right. Diam hole 1.5. D taken from front of flange on right side, Th 2. On upper part of back, painted rectangles, W 7.3, H ca. 8 with black band at bottom, H 1.5. Recurved tips have black horizontal stripes alternating at bottom and mid-height. Roll: diagonal bands, MPW 15. Flange at rgiht side attached to back ca. 4 cm from right end of plaque with slight ridge at its beginning. Left back cut back to receive flange, RW 5.5.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 476, clxxxvi, no. II:23; MAAR (1965), p. 212; Colonna 1984a, p. 406, fig. 16; Niew licht 1985, no. 83; La grande Roma 1990, p. 242, 9.6.69; Ö. Wikander 1994, pp. 56-57, no. 41
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 I templi del Lazio fino al V secolo compreso. Author: Colonna, G.. Journal and volume number: Archeologia Laziale 6. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1984. Pages: 396-411 La grande Roma dei Tarquini. Author: Cristofani, M. (ed.). Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1990 Niew licht op een oude stad: Italiaanse en Nederlandse opgravingen in Satricum. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1985 The Archaic Etruscan sima. Author: Wikander, Ö.. Journal and volume number: Murlo and the Etruscans, ed. R. De Puma & J. Small. Place of publication: Madison, WI. Publication Date: 1994. Pages: 47-63
Associated elements: Openwork cresting no. II:24 belongs with this sima
Type of decoration: Diagonal bands/meander/horizontal scale pattern
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 43
Width: 66
Paint: Strigils outlined cream with brown interior, black with cream interior, cream with red interior. Top fascia painted black. Meander: black stripe at top of fascia, line alternately black and red, black stripe at bottom of fascia. Elongated scales, black, cream, red, 5 rows.
