7540, Tuscania, Ara del Tufo, funerary sacellum

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Record number: 7540
Site: Tuscania
Building or zone: Ara del Tufo, funerary sacellum
Position: Right pedimental slope
Roof element: Raking simas
Remarks: Raking sima with figural relief of galloping armed riders to left. Finished left edge. Deeply concave tongues. Fairly high relief. Left strigil is half-strigil. Deep cavetto, curved also on back.
Bibliography: Sgubini Moretti & Ricciardi 1993, p. 169 (Cavalieri al galoppo I), fig. 30; Winter 2009a, pp. 244-245, 4.A.2.e; Moretti Sgubini & Ricciardi in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 76-78; Winter in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 296-297
Publication record: Le terrecotte architettoniche di Tuscania. Author: Sgubini Moretti, A.M. & L. Ricciardi. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 163-181
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
Tetti di terracotta: La decorazione architettonica fittile tra Etruria e Lazio in età arcaica. Atti delle giornate di studio, Sapienza-Università di Roma, 25 marzo e 25 ottobre 2010. Journal and volume number: Officina Etruscologia 5. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2011
Associated elements: AdT 83/12, 80/241, 80/242
Type of decoration: Armed riders to left (Gallopping armed riders I)
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Archeologico
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 17.6
Width: 17.4
MPD: 7.4
Width strigil: 2.8
Concave strigil: yes
Height main field: 9.8
Decoration main field: Gallopping armed riders
Thickness plaque: 2.8
Thickness including relief: 4.2
Th. tile backer: 2.1
Width strigil: 2.8
Concave: yes
Thickness tile backer: 2.1

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