Remarks: Lateral sima Type I with ram's head above waterspout. Cross-wall, H 5.5, D 2.5, Dist from front edge 4.5-5; cordon across top. Ram's head H 5.5, W 7.3, D 7.2. Opening H 3.5, W 3.7. Eyes pierced. Handmade.
Bibliography: Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte 1972, p. 43, no. 87, Pl. IX.c; C. Wikander 1981, p. 84, Sima F59, fig. 47; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p. 48, no. I:25; Ö. Wikander 1986, p. 146, Sima F59, figs. 75, 78; Ö. Wikander 1994, p. 51, no. 5; Winter 2009a, pp. 80-81, 2.B.1.b, Ill. 2.3
Publication record: Acquarossa I.1: The painted architectural terracottas. Catalogue and architectural context. Author: Wikander, C.. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1981 Acquarossa VI.1: The roof-tiles. Catalogue and architectural context. Author: Wikander, Ö.. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1986 Case e palazzi d'Etruria. Author: Stopponi, S. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985 Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte. Author: Colonna, G. & C.E. Östenberg. Place of publication: Viterbo. Publication Date: 1972 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 Archaic Etruscan sima. Author: Wikander, Ö.. Journal and volume number: Murlo and the Etruscans, ed. R. De Puma & J. Small. Place of publication: Madison, WI. Publication Date: 1994. Pages: 47-63
Type of decoration: Ram's head, cordon, painted guilloche(?)
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Archeologico
Mouldmade: no
Height: 14.3
Width: 46.5
MPD: 19.7
Paint: Red surface overpainted white on cross-wall front. Band at bottom and S-pattern above, possibly guilloche. White in channel of fluting at top, on ram's mouth and lips, horn, front edge of tile.
