Remarks: CROWNING MOULDING WITH RECURVED TOP EDGE ABOVE CAVETTO WITH CONCAVE TONGUES/ROLL. FIGURED FRIEZE WITH THREE PAIRS OF ARMED RIDERS TO LEFT, CARRYING SPEARS AND SHIELDS, HORSES OVERLAPPING TAILS OF PAIR IN FRONT. NARROW BOTTOM BORDER.
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, PP. 18-19; ANDRÉN 1974, PP. 4-5, FIG. 29; MELIS 1986; WINTER 2009A, PP. 292-293, 4.D.8.H, FIG. 4.31, ILL. 4.12.2; CHRISTIANSEN & WINTER 2010, PP. 124-125, NO. 60
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Considerazioni e ricerche antiquarie su un gruppo di lastre fittili ceretani. Author: Melis, F.. Journal and volume number: Italian Iron Age artefacts in the British Museum. Place of publication: London. Publication Date: 1986. Pages: 159-169 Etruria I. Architectural terracottas and painted wall plaques, pinakes c. 625-200 BC.Catalogue, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Author: Christiansen, J. & N.A. Winter. Place of publication: Copenhagen. Publication Date: 2010 Osservazioni sulle terrecotte architettoniche etrusco-italiche. Author: Andrén, A.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 8. Publication Date: 1974. Pages: 1-16 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 Caprifico roof in its wider context. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: Il tempio arcaico di Caprifico di Torrecchia. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2010. Pages: 113-122
Associated elements: CHARIOT RACE TO RIGHT: HIN 29, HIN 30, HIN 36
Type of decoration: ARMED RIDERS TO LEFT
Last Recorded Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 31-32
Width: 77-78
Paint: CONCAVE TONGUES ALTERNATELY PURPLE-RED/WHITE/BLACK/WHITE WITH BLACK RAISED RIDGES. ON RECURVED TOP EDGES, ABOVE WHITE TONGUES, TOP OF PLAQUE HAS 3 PAINTED BLACK BANDS AND BASE LINE ON CREAM SLIP. INTERSTICES LIGHT BROWN/ORANGE-BROWN. WHERE PRESERVED, ALL SHIELDS HAVE PAINTED PINWHEEL WHITE/RED/WHITE/BLACK, ROUND CENTER. ALL RIDERS: BROWN SKIN, BLACK HAIR. HORSES VARIED WITH INNTER DETAILS IN BLACK.
Condition: FRAGMENTS HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED ARBITRARILY INTO TWO PLAQUES
