1875, Caere, Vigna Marini Vitalini

Record number: 1875
Site: Caere
Building or zone: Vigna Marini Vitalini
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
Remarks: Fragment of handmade relief, depicting male figure running to left, with long hair, head frontal, in short-sleeved chiton with thick hem, carrying body of another. Nail hole (Diam 0.7)
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 19-20, No. I:3e; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, p. 160, B 6.1.13; Winter 2009a, pp. 451-452, 6.D.1.c, Ill. 6.14
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Associated elements: TC 6681.8 (8), TC 2020X
Type of decoration: Male figure carrying body of another
Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 6681.8 (7)
Mouldmade: no
Height: 17.2
Width: ca 11.8
MPD: 4.8
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: Cream 10YR 8/4 ground, tunic of central figure. Red 10R 4/4 skin. Brown 7.5YR 5/4 tunic of carried figure. Black outlines around different elements, hair, eyes, wavy lines on tunic of carried figure, muscles on legs, hem decorated with row of dots
Condition: 2 joining pieces, broken on all sides. Back burned
Thickness plaque: 2.4
Thickness including relief: 4.8

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