5624, Orvieto, Belvedere

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Record number: 5624
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Belvedere
Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
Remarks: Columen plaque of horses. 3 nail holes, lower 2 not penetrating, Diam 1.9. Solid, handmade. Probably columen end covering. W side border 3.2, D inner 1.1, outer 3.7. H bottom border 2.5, D upper 4.1, lower 6.6. Th plaque 3. Below horses, painted scroll pattern.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 170, no. I:1, Pl. 63:203; Santuari d'Etruria 1985, p. 83, B1; Colonna 2000; Stopponi 2003, p. 249
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
I templi e l'architettura templare. Author: Stopponi, S.. Journal and volume number: Orvieto I: Antichità, ed. G.M. Della Fina. Place of publication: Perugia. Publication Date: 2003. Pages: 235-273
Il santuario di Pyrgi dalle origini mitistoriche agli altorilievi frontonali dei Sette e di Leucotea. Author: Colonna, G.. Journal and volume number: ScAnt 10. Publication Date: 2000. Pages: 251-336
Santuari d'Etruria. Author: Colonna, G. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985
Associated elements: Antefix 2030, eaves tile 2088
Type of decoration: Horse forelegs to left
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Civico
Mouldmade: no
Height: 40
Width: 33
Clay: 10YR 8/3
Paint: Black plaque. Red horse forequarters. 2nd horse with red hoof, white leg with black around scar. Below 2nd horse, at right of plaque painted white scroll pattern. Lily on red stalk with red center. White scrolls. On borders, outer/lower red band and boxes, upper/inner black. Red 7.5R 4/6 painted over cream. Cream 10YR 8/3.

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