Remarks: CUTOUT ACROTERION OF ANTITHETIC ANIMALS AND GORGON/GORGONEION(?). JOINING FRAGMENTS OF VOLUTE/NECK OF RIGHT OUTERMOST ANIMAL.. TH 5, + RAISED BORDERS 4.5. TOP AND BOTTOM FINISHED EDGES. PAINT IGNORES CHANNELS.
Bibliography: RYSTEDT 1983, P. 27, FIG. 11, PP. 62-64, FIG. 34, PL. 2-3, ARVIII, P. 152 600 BC STYLISTICALLY; CASE E PALAZZI D'ETRURIA 1985, P. 46, NO. I;17; ARCHITETTURA ETRUSCA NEL VITERBESE 1986, PP. 65, 77-78, NO. 108, FIGS. 70, 67; CĂ–. WIKANDER 1988, P. 126; DANNER 1993A, P. 95, FIG. 5, TRANSVERSE POSITION 600 BC; RYSTEDT 1994, PP. 78-81, FIG. 8.2; SERRA RIDGWAY 2002, P. 118, FIG. 4B; WINTER 2009A, P. 111, 2.E.6.B, ILL. 2.15
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Type of decoration: ANTITHETIC ANIMALS & GORGON/ GORGONEION(?)
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Archeologico
Mouldmade: NO
Height: 30
Width: 21
Clay: 2.5YR 5/8
Paint: RED SURFACE 2.5YR 5/6. CREAM 10YR 8/3. WHITE-ON-RED DECORATION
