5626, Orvieto, Belvedere

Record number: 5626
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Belvedere
Position: Front pediment, left half
Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
Remarks: Columen/mutulus plaque of warrior in short tunic and cuirass of 2 moulded plates hinged at shoulders and along sides. Hollow, handmade figure with hole above and behind neck, Diam 2.5, solid legs. Black plaque square at top, above which figure projects, Th 3.4. Round connection between plaque and right elbow, painted black. H cuirass 28.9. Th wall 1.7- 2.5. Plaque top edge slants down at left, up at right, therefore from left half of pediment.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 177-178, no. II:24, Pl. 65:213; La civiltà degli Etruschi 1985, p. 376, 16.1; Stopponi 2003, p. 250, fig. 9
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
I templi e l'architettura templare
La civiltà degli Etruschi
Type of decoration: Warrior
Current Collection: Museo Civico: 2117
Mouldmade: no
Height: 51.2
Width: 27.5
MPD: 21.1
Paint: Skin red-brown 7.5R 5/6. Pinkish. Drapery purple-red 5R 3/4 with red upright triangles at hem, H 4, on skirt, 3 on sleeve. Cuirass gold-brown 7.5YR 5/6 with purple-red at top and bottom center. All colors painted over white slip.

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