7210, Acquarossa, Zone G, House A, Roof G:3

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Record number: 7210
Site: Acquarossa
Building or zone: Zone G, House A, Roof G:3
Position: Ridge
Roof element: Acroteria, cutout
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; CÖ. 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
Publication record: Acquarossa 4: Early Etruscan akroteria from Acquarossa and Poggio Civitate (Murlo)
Acquarossa I.2: The painted architectural terracottas. Typological and decorative analysis
Additional notes on early Etruscan akroteria
Architettura etrusca nel Viterbese. Ricerche svedesi a San Giovenale e Acquarossa 1956-1986
Case e palazzi d'Etruria
Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens
Oriental(izing) motifs in Etruscan art
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Antithetic animals & Gorgon/ Gorgoneion(?)
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Archeologico: AR22 ARVIII 67-2065b + 67-2071 + 67-2072 + 67-2087 + 71-10065
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

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