53, Cisterna di Latina, Caprifico

Record number: 53
Site: Cisterna di Latina
Building or zone: Caprifico
Position: Pediment left apex
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
Remarks: Fragment of relief figured frieze of Brown's Type B: Right edge with 3 horse heads facing right, part of griffin finial .Missing walking figure in front of horses, found on other examples from this mould, and oblique cut of edge indicate this is an apex piece from the upper left slope of the pediment. Crisp impression. On long-term loan from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford; given by N. Koutoulakis.
Bibliography: Brown 1973-1974, pp. 62-63, Type B; Winter 2009a, pp. 368-369, 5.D.3.b; Lulof in Palombi 2010, p. 36, C16, fig. 117
Publication record: Etrusco-Italic architectural terracottas in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Il tempio arcaico di Caprifico di Torrecchia (Cisterna di Latina): I materiali e il contesto
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Associated elements: Raking simas, lateral simas, antefixes, acroteria
Type of decoration: Chariot procession to right
Current Collection: Museo della Città e del Territorio: 1973.279
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 10
Width: 11.8
Clay: 7.5YR 6/6
Condition: Fragment of right edge
Decoration main field: Relief figured frieze
Mouldmade decoration: yes

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