188, Orvieto

Record number: 188
Site: Orvieto
Roof element: Hanging curtains
Comparanda: MS 2212, MS 2214
Remarks: Curtain decoration with single row of hanging 5-petal palmette & lotus, connected by volute band above. Lead still in situ in top. H top round band 1.4, D 3.2, H fascia 10.7, H lotus 7.9, W double volute 11.4, Diam volute 2.1
Bibliography: AJA 22 (1918) 336-337, No. 13, fig. 8:ii; Andrén 1940, pp. 199-200, No. II:11; Turfa 2005, pp. 254-255, no. 284 (dated 4th cent. B.C.)
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Type of decoration: Floral
Current Collection: University Museum: MS 2145
Mouldmade: yes
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Thickness plaque: 2.7
Thickness including relief: 3.4

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