Remarks: Flat top fascia/tall concave tongues/fascia with painted hook meander/large torus painted with horizontal scale pattern facing to left. Flange to overlap next tile. Torus pierced for rod. 2 struts per piece. Groove (W 3.2, H 3) on top for insertion of cresting III:5
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp.137-138, No. III:4; Helbig4 III, pp. 712-714, No. 2803; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983, p. 147, Pl. 239 top; Rasenna, fig. 383; Comella 1993c, pp. 44-45, A2, pls. 5.a, 17.a, 18.a
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972 Le terrecotte architettoniche del santuario dello Scasato à Falerii (scavi 1886-1887). Author: Comella, A.M.. Place of publication: Perugia. Publication Date: 1993 Rasenna. Storia e civiltà degli Etruschi. Author: Pallottino, M. et al.. Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1986 The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture. Author: Sprenger, M. & G. Bartoloni. Place of publication: New York. Publication Date: 1983
Associated elements: 3744 (total number of examples in Villa Giulia & Civita Castellana Museum = 12); Cresting No. III:5 3745
Type of decoration: Fascia/concave tongues/hook meander/painted horizontal scale pattern
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Height: 54
Width: 65.5
Clay: 2.5Y 7/4
Paint: Red 7.5R 3/8 top fascia, central vertical band on alternate strigils, diagonal bands on roll, top stripe & pendent hooks on meander, alternating scales on torus; white outlines & central oval on scales; black central vertical bands on alternate strigils, bottom band & upright hooks on meander, diagonal bands on roll, alternate scales
