Remarks: Larger floral antefix or disk acroterion of a moulded half-rosette or palmette with added clay packed around top to bond with missing cover tile backer. On back of flat plaque, 6 fingertip impressions 1.9 cm from outer edge, along inside of cover tile(?). On rounded top edge, H 2.7
Bibliography: Ciaghi 1993, p. 205, color pl. 2, fig. 5; Ciaghi 1999, pp. 11-12, 14, Pl. 7.1; Winter 2009a, p. 387, 5.E.5
Publication record: Appunti sulle terrecotte architettoniche dalla Cività di Tarquinia. Author: Ciaghi, S.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 201-206 Le terrecotte. Author: Ciaghi, S.. Journal and volume number: Tarchna. Scavi e ricerche a Tarquinia 2. Publication Date: 1999. Pages: 1-41 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: Half-rosette/palmette
Last Recorded Collection: Museum Excavation Storerooms
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 6.8
Width: 11.2
MPD: 2.5/ 1.2
Clay: 10YR 7/3 + 5Y 7/3
Paint: 1st, 3rd rosette leaf painted black. 2 widely-spaced narrow vertical black stripes on rounded outer edge
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