1047, Rome, Forum Romanum

Record number: 1047
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Tiles, eaves
Remarks: Tile top flat & unpainted, with hanging curtain (geison drip) made in one piece with tile. Decorated front taenia: flat projecting border (H 2.5) with painted herringbone, above recessed fascia (H 6.7) with painted meander. Soffit has profile of cavetto with painted tongue behind flat horizontal ledge (D 1.8) with painted rectangles, set behind bottom of taenia edge which is painted with diagonal bands
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 334, No. I:11, Pl. 106:378 (taenia) & 379 (soffit); Gjerstad 1960, p. 261, fig. 160.1 (taenia) & 2 (soffit); Gjerstad 1966, p. 470, fig. 139. 1 (taenia) & 2 (soffit)
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Early Rome III: Fortifications, domestic architecture, sanctuaries, stratigraphic excavations
Early Rome IV.1: Synthesis of archaeological evidence
Type of decoration: Painted herringbone/hook meander/oblique stripes/rectangles/tongue pattern
Current Collection: Antiquarium forense: 1291
Height: 9.7
Width: 34
MPD: 10.7
Paint: Red, white, black
Condition: Fragment of front edge

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