6583, Veii, Portonaccio sanctuary
- Record number: 6583
- Site: Veii
- Building or zone: Portonaccio sanctuary
- Position: Ridge
- Roof element: Acroterion base
- Remarks: Acroterion base decorated with painted checkerboard. RW top 85, bottom 87. RD top 50.5, middle 81. W checker 10, H 9. No separate top edge--smooth curve to top. W top edge ca. 4, inner (plinth) W 76.5, D 42, H 7.5. 3 cross struts and 2 longitudinal short ones at each end. Channel cut in short sides to left of center at one end, and right of center at other end W 9, H 5.3. Cover tile opening RH 19, RW 24. Ridge tile opening RH 68, RW 69 mid-height.
- Bibliography: Stefani 1946, pp. 41-43, 48, figs. 5-7; Santangelo 1952, p. 159, figs. 43-44, p. 172, n. 44; Michetti 2011, pp. 100, no. 3, & 102, fig. 11
- Publication record: Gli dei sul tetto. Le basi acroteriali del tempio di Veio-Portonaccio: struttura e apparato decorativo
Veio. Basi di statue fittili scoperte nel santuario "dell'Apollo"
Veio. Santuario "di Apollo". Scavi fra il 1944 e il 1949 - Type of decoration: Checkerboard
- Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
- Mouldmade: no
- Height: 87R
- Width: 106R
- MPD: 67R
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