Remarks: ACROTERION BASE FRAGMENT(?) WITH 2 TALL WALLS AT LESS THAN RIGHT ANGLE. FRONT FLAT, SIDE SOMEWHAT CURVED/CONVEX, WITH OBLIQUE FINISHED EDGES AT BOTTOM (OPENING FOR COVER TILE OR RIDGE TILE?). DECORATED WITH PAINTED STRIPES, OBLIQUE FOLLOWING LINE OF COVER TILE OPENING, ALTERNATING WHITE/RED/WHITE/BLACK, W 1.6. INSIDE PAINTED RED, ROUGH UNEVEN SURFACE. RED STRIPES IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION AT TOP OF BOTH FACES.
Bibliography: WINTER 2009A, PP. 478-479, 6.E.4.B; WINTER 2011, P. 65
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 The evolution of bases for acroteria in Etruria and Latium (640/630-510 B.C.). Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles IV. Place of publication: Oxford. Publication Date: 2011. Pages: 62-68
Type of decoration: PAINTED DIAGONAL BANDS
Last Recorded Collection: C.N.R. storerooms at Banditaccia necropolis
