7579, Tuscania, Ara del Tufo, funerary sacellum
- Record number: 7579
- Site: Tuscania
- Building or zone: Ara del Tufo, funerary sacellum
- Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
- Comparanda: Equal to Acquarossa Plaque D
- Remarks: Figural revetment plaque showing dancers. 2 sections AdT 80/262 preserves central part of plaque, missing strigils. MPH 16.7, MPW 25.2, Th plaque 2.7, top 1.8, bottom + relief 3.1. W elbows of lower dancer 9. AdT 80/2, 257: Right edge with part of strigils and bottom corner. MPH 18.2, MPW 10.2, Th plaque 2.8-2.7, + relief 3.5. W strigils 2.6. Nail hole, Diam. 0.7.
- Bibliography: Sgubini Moretti & Ricciardi 1993, p. 166, fig. 16; Winter 2009a, pp. 280-281, 4.D.6.f; Moretti Sgubini & Ricciardi in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 76-78; Winter in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 296-297
- Publication record: Le terrecotte architettoniche di Tuscania
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Tetti di terracotta: La decorazione architettonica fittile tra Etruria e Lazio in età arcaica. Atti delle giornate di studio, Sapienza-Università di Roma, 25 marzo e 25 ottobre 2010 - Type of decoration: Dancers
- Current Collection: Museo Archeologico: AdT 80/262, AdT 80/2, 257
- Mouldmade: yes
- Paint: Cream slip on 1st, 3rd (end) concave strigils, ground 10YR 8/4. Black middle strigil, hair, vessels. Red stripe at base of strigils, skin, belt and stripes on skirt 7.5R 6/6.
- Thickness plaque: 2.7-1.8
- Thickness including relief: 3.1
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