7290, Veii, Piazza d'Armi

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Record number: 7290
Site: Veii
Building or zone: Piazza d'Armi
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
Remarks: Part of revetment plaque with convex strigils/narrow flat fascia or roll/figured frieze with part of two warriors in chariot moving left, drawn by two horses/projecting bottom border. Charioteer with arms reaching forward, lower body covered by chariot (H chariot 6.5). Warrior (H 11.8) wearing cuirass (H 2.3) standing behind charioteer on floor of chariot. Chariot with high parapet and 4-spoked wheel (Diam 5-5.3) with spokes tapering towards the center and wider at outer and inner ends. Nail hole (Diam 0.7). white and red paint on projecting bottom border. Soffit painted with diagonal bands of white (W 1.5)/red-brown (W 2). Side and bottom edges not at right angle, but slightly less.
Bibliography: Stefani 1944, cols. 250-251, no. a, fig. 53 right; Scavo nello scavo 2004, pp. 52-53, no. I.b.9-10; Bartoloni et al. 2006, p. 65, fig. 6.20 b4; Winter 2009a, p. 257, 4.D.2.e, fig. 4.10 right, Ill. 4.6.4 right
Publication record: Scavi archeologici a Veio, in contrada Piazza d'Armi
Scavo nello scavo. Gli Etruschi non visti
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Veio: l'abitato di Piazza d'Armi. Le terrecotte architettoniche
Type of decoration: Biga to left
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 137310
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 20.7
Width: 16
MPD: 2.4
Clay: 7.5YR 5/6
Paint: Red-brown 10R 4/4, black
Condition: 4 joining fragments, preserving right part of plaque
Width strigil: 1.9
Convex strigil: yes
Height main field: 14.4
Decoration main field: Relief biga to left
Thickness plaque: 2.1
Thickness including relief: 2.4
Mouldmade decoration: yes
Soffit decoration type: Wh/red oblique bands
Height head: 1.8
Length torso: 4
H shoulder-waist: 2.3
Width strigil: 1.9
Convex: yes
Soffit decoration type: Wh/red oblique bands

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