515, Caere, Banditaccia necropolis, Tomb 68

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Record number: 515
Site: Caere
Building or zone: Banditaccia necropolis, Tomb 68
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
Comparanda: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek HIN 808-811, 812, 813-815; Princeton University Art Museum
Remarks: Flat fascia with squared back edge/concave tongues white/black/white with black outlines/painted frieze with 2 bulls walking to left, with red-brown skin outlined in black with inner details, white neck with black design, red-brown tree at left edge/red-brown band along bottom. 3 nail holes (Diam 0.6)
Bibliography: Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte 1972, pp. 96-97, no. 189, Pl. XXVIII.b; Rizzo 1994, pp. 58-59, pl. C.4; Winter 2009a, pp. 459-460, 6.D.3.e
Publication record: Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte. Author: Colonna, G. & C.E. Östenberg. Place of publication: Viterbo. Publication Date: 1972
Nuove lastre dipinte da Cerveteri. Author: Rizzo, M.A.. Journal and volume number: Tyrrhenoi philotechnoi. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1994. Pages: 51-60
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
Type of decoration: Painted bulls walking to left
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale
Mouldmade: no
Height: 23.2
Width: 49.9
MPD: 5.3
Clay: 5YR 6/6-5/6
Paint: Cream 10YR 6/4, red-brown 10R 4/4?, black
Condition: Restored from 8 fragments
Height top fascia: 1.3
Depth top fascia: 5.3
Height strigil: 5
Width strigil: 4
Concave strigil: yes
Height main field: 17
Decoration main field: Painted figural frieze
Thickness plaque: 2.1
Painted decoration only: yes
Height strigil: 5
Width strigil: 4
Concave: yes

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