508, Caere, Vigna Parrocchiale
- Record number: 508
- Site: Caere
- Building or zone: Vigna Parrocchiale
- Position: Pediment slopes
- Roof element: Raking simas
- Comparanda: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek HIN 704
- Remarks: Raking sima vertical plaque with top band of step meander white/red above thin fillet of black/white rectangles. Main frieze with hook meander red/black with central black square containing 13-petal rosette with red edges & black dots at tips & center. Below, fillet with black/white rectangles & possible step meander. Plaque thickens towards bottom from 2.3 to 4.
- Bibliography: Mengarelli 1936, p. 79, Pl. XXIX:10 (upside down); Andrén 1940, p. 26, No. II:2a, Pl. 8:24 (upside down); Ö. Wikander 1994, pp. 51-53, no. 10; Winter 2009a, p. 415, 6.A.2.d
- Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Il luogo e I materiali del tempio di Era a Caere
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
The Archaic Etruscan sima - Type of decoration: Step meander/hook meander/step meander
- Current Collection: Museo Nazionale
- Mouldmade: no
- Height: 19.1
- Width: 25.2
- MPD: 4.7
- Clay: 2.5YR 5/6
- Paint: Cream 10YR 7/3, red 10R 4/4
- Th. tile backer: 3
- Thickness tile backer: 3
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