Remarks: FRAGMENT OF SOLID, HANDMADE RELIEF WITH 2 MALE FIGURES, SIDE-BY-SIDE AND FACING LEFT, WEARING TALL POINTED CAPS OR HELMETS. FINISHED FLAT BACK, CURVED UNDERSIDE LENGTHWISE WHERE DETACHED FROM HORSES. BREAKS FROM BOTTOM OF FLAT BACK, FRONT OF FAR RIDER & NEAR RIDER (HORSE HEADS?), HELMET BACK (FAR RIDER) & FAR SIDE OF HELMET ON NEAR RIDER. SCAR OF LEFT ARM OF NEAR RIDER
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, PP. 42-43, NO. II:19A, PL. 10:38; DIE WELT DER ETRUSKER 1988, P. 169, B 6.1.14; DANNER 1993A, P. 103 (PEDIMENT CROWNING FIGURES); KÄSTNER 2006, PP. 80-81, NO. 5, FIGS. 7.3 RIGHT AND 7.4 LEFT; WINTER 2009A, P. 450, 6.D.1.B
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens. Author: Danner, P.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 93-107 Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988 Ikonographisch bemerkenswerte Fragmente von spätarchaischen Terrakottenfriesen aus Cerveteri in der Berliner Antikensammlung. Author: Kästner, V.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles III. Place of publication: Oxford. Publication Date: 2006. Pages: 77-82 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
Type of decoration: TWO RIDERS WEARING CAPS OR HELMETS, FACING LEFT
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: NO
Height: 15.7
Width: CA 8.7
MPD: 7.7
Clay: 7.5YR 6/6
Paint: CREAM 10YR 7/4 TUNICS. RED 7.5R 4/6 SKIN & HELMET OF FAR RIDER, SKIN OF NEAR RIDER. BLACK STRIPES ON TOP OF TUNIC AT NECK, BETWEEN TWO FIGURES
