5948, Ficana, Zone 5a

Record number: 5948
Site: Ficana
Building or zone: Zone 5a
Roof element: Antefixes, painted
Remarks: Plain semicircular antefix plaque with red paint on front, scar of cover tile on back. Th plaque 0.9. Cover tile equals contour of plaque down to bottom. No overhang. Plaque bulges slightly forward. Clay has gray core on cover tile scar and in plaque.
Bibliography: Ficana 1981, pp. 78 & 85, no. 38; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p. 172, no. 5.45; Winter 2009a, pp. 20-21, 1.C.1.a, Ill. 1.1.1
Publication record: Case e palazzi d'Etruria
Ficana: una pietra miliare nella strada per Roma
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Associated elements: 38286
Current Collection: Museo di Alto Medioevo: 38285
Height: 8.8
Width: 13
Clay: 7.5YR 5/6
Paint: Red decoration across bottom and around top edge, possibly XXX in center 7.5R 4/6.
Thickness tile: 1.3

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