7257, Acquarossa, Zone F
- Record number: 7257
- Site: Acquarossa
- Building or zone: Zone F
- Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
- Comparanda: Axia (Castel d'Asso), Tuscania (different mould than Tuscania because no horizontal ridge below augur's skirt, between legs.
- Remarks: Relief revetment plaque of Type A with figured frieze of Herakles & Cretan bull/chariot procession to right with winged horses. D convex strigils at top 5.3, at bottom 2. Frieze projecting from strigils. 6 nail holes, Diam 0.7. Diam shields 5.2. H Herakles head 2.7, with hair 3.7. No paint except on top fascia.
- Bibliography: Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte 1972, p. 49, no. 104, Pl. XI.a; Andrén 1974, pp. 6,10, Pl. XXIII.52; Strandberg Olofsson 1984, p. 91, pl. I.2; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p. 57, no. I:30, Type A; Winter 2009a, pp. 265-266, 4.D.4.b, ill. 4.8.2
- Publication record: Acquarossa V.1: The head antefixes and relief plaques. A reconstruction of the terracotta decoration & its architectural setting
Case e palazzi d'Etruria
Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte
Osservazioni sulle terrecotte architettoniche etrusco-italiche
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C. - Associated elements: A1 - A68
- Type of decoration: Herakles & Cretan bull/chariot procession to right
- Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Archeologico: A1 67-645 + 67-647 + 67-649 + 67-657 a + 67-657 b + 67-657 c + 67-657 d + 67-832 a + 67-832 b
- Mouldmade: yes
- Height: 20.9
- Width: 59.5
- MPD: 6.5
- Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
- Height top fascia: 1.7
- Height strigil: 4.9
- Width strigil: 1.3
- Convex strigil: yes
- Height main field: 13.8
- Thickness plaque: 2.5
- Thickness including relief: 2.9
- Height strigil: 4.9
- Width strigil: 1.3
- Convex: yes
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