7548, Tuscania, Ara del Tufo, Funerary sacellum

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Record number: 7548
Site: Tuscania
Building or zone: Ara del Tufo, Funerary sacellum
Position: Pediment right apex
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
Remarks: Figural revetment plaque of warrior's departure to left, variant 1. Shows 3 warriors in front of horses. Obliquely cut left edge indicates placement at apex of right slope. Well-preserved paint. Diam 2nd shield 7.3, 3rd shield 7.6. First warrior cut off. 1 nail hole. Bottom ridge H 0.3.
Bibliography: Sgubini Moretti & Ricciardi 1993, pp. 172-175, fig. 40; Winter 2009a, pp. 267-268, 4.D.4.c; Moretti Sgubini & Ricciardi in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 76-78; Winter in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 296-297
Publication record: Le terrecotte architettoniche di Tuscania
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Tetti di terracotta: La decorazione architettonica fittile tra Etruria e Lazio in età arcaica. Atti delle giornate di studio, Sapienza-Università di Roma, 25 marzo e 25 ottobre 2010
Type of decoration: Departing warrior scene to left (Departing warrior I,1)
Current Collection: Museo Archeologico: AdT 81/50 + 80/73 + 80/151
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 25.5
Width: 26.3
MPD: 6
Paint: Cream slip, rims, greaves. Black outlines for spear heads, shields, greaves, helmet.
Height top fascia: 2
Height strigil: 5.2
Width strigil: 2
Convex strigil: yes
Height main field: 17.2
Thickness plaque: 2.2
Thickness including relief: 3
Soffit decoration type: Geometric pattern in red/black/white.
Height strigil: 5.2
Width strigil: 2
Convex: yes
Soffit decoration type: Geometric pattern in red/black/white.

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