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5828, Tuscania

  • Record number: 5828
  • Site: Tuscania
  • Roof element: Raking simas
  • Comparanda: Tuscania AdT 80/244, 243, 245
  • Remarks: Relief raking sima of galloping armed riders to left. Small. At right, raised vertical band, W 2.8. Diam shield 4.8. Moderate;y high relief, but little detail. No curve to strigils. All proveniences are unsubstantiated in Louvre, except for recent attributions to Tuscania.
  • Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 74, no. 2, Pl. 24:85; Andrén 1974, p. 5, Pl. XVII, fig. 39; Gaultier 1990, p. 274, Pl. 53.2; Ö. Wikander 1994, p. 57, no. 49; Winter 2009a, pp. 244-245, 4.A.2.e
  • Publication record: A propos de quelques éléments de décor architectural archaiques en terre cuite conserves au Musée du Louvre
    Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
    Osservazioni sulle terrecotte architettoniche etrusco-italiche
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
    The Archaic Etruscan sima
  • Type of decoration: Armed riders to left (Gallopping armed riders I)
  • Current Collection: Musée du Louvre: S 1080
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 14.5
  • Width: 28.2
  • MPD: 3.3
  • Clay: 2.5YR 4/6(?)
  • Paint: Surface orange-red 2.5YR 4/6.
  • Condition: Right edge and full height preserved
  • Height strigil: 4.6
  • Width strigil: 2.7
  • Height main field: 9.5
  • Thickness plaque: 2.1
  • Th. tile backer: 2.5
  • Height strigil: 4.6
  • Width strigil: 2.7
  • Thickness tile backer: 2.5

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