2668, Orvieto

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Record number: 2668
Site: Orvieto
Position: Pediment right corner
Roof element: Raking simas
Comparanda: Other examples in Orvieto Museum and Florence.
Remarks: Thick flat plaque of raking sima (H 18, Th plaque 4.5) superimposed with curving tail of sea-horse in very high relief (H relief 4), apparently a lateral acroterion. Finished right edge painted red with square element attached at mid-height (mid-foreleg). Ground behind figure painted black or pink-brown. Black lines on figure and red dots; edges and fins painted red. H scar for left foreleg 4.1, W 3. Scar of right foreleg H 5, W 2.5 with oval outer contour. Fins projected above plaque, and also head. Missing tail.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 192, no. I:4; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, p. 305, D4.1.14; Gens Budapest 1989, p. 107, no. 3.18; Kästner 1997, p. 103, figs. 5b, 6
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder
Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia
Ornamentik und figürliche Verzierungen an den Endstücken etruskischer Giebelsimen
Type of decoration: Hippocamp to right
Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 7561
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 18.2
Width: 26.5
MPD: 8.4
Clay: 2.5Y 8/2
Paint: Red 10R 4/6. Black. Light brown surface of fish body 10YR 7/3. Black swirls on body and background.
Condition: 1 fragment; broken through left side of plaque.
Height main field: 18
Decoration main field: Relief of hippocamp
Thickness plaque: 4.4
Thickness including relief: 8
Mouldmade decoration: yes
Th. tile backer: 6
Soffit decoration type: wavy band
Thickness tile backer: 6
Soffit decoration type: wavy band

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