1874, Caere, Vigna Marini Vitalini
- Record number: 1874
- Site: Caere
- Building or zone: Vigna Marini Vitalini
- Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
- Comparanda: Berlin Y 2163, Y 2162
- 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
Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens
Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder
Ikonographisch bemerkenswerte Fragmente von spätarchaischen Terrakottenfriesen aus Cerveteri in der Berliner Antikensammlung
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C. - Type of decoration: Two riders wearing caps or helmets, facing left
- Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 6681.7 (14)
- 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
- Condition: Broken through bottom of torsos
- Height face: 3.5/3.2
- Width nose bottom: .7/.6
- Width mouth: 1.3/1.3
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