Remarks: FRAGMENT OF CENTRAL ACROTERION WITH PAINTED PALMETTE. FLAT VERTICAL PLAQUE ATTACHED TO END OF SEMICYLINDRICAL RIDGE TILE. PLAQUE THICKER TOWARDS BOTTOM, TH TOP 2.4, BOTTOM 3.5. PLAQUE FRONT PAINTED WITH 7-PETAL PENDENT PALMETTE BETWEEN 2 S-SPIRALS WITH SMALL PETALS IN SPACES. TH PLAQUE BASE 3. UNDERSIDE OF RIDGE TILE BELOW VERTICAL PLAQUE IS PAINTED WITH BLACK AND DARK RED-BROWN STRIPES ON CREAM GROUND. DECORATION ON UNDERSIDE MEANT TO BE SEEN, THEREFORE ACROTERIA PROJECTED FORWARD FROM ROOF EDGE. FINISHED SIDE EDGES WITH RECESSED BACK EDGES.
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 247, NO. I:4, PL. A:3
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
