177, Orvieto

Record number: 177
Site: Orvieto
Roof element: Revetment plaques, floral
Comparanda: MS 2188, MS 2129. Similar to II:5 MS 2205 + MS 2216
Remarks: Flat fascia with compass-drawn guilloche (black outer band, hand-painted red central band)/rounded roll with diagonal bands, D 3, W bands 8 /small part of probable floral frieze (probably lotus left leaf & central petal, red ground). Nail hole below 2nd roll Diam 1.0. Rough back
Bibliography: AJA 22 (1918) 325-326, No. 6, fig. 3:iii; Andrén 1940, pp.198-199 No. II:6
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Type of decoration: Painted guilloche/roll with painted diagonal bands/relief floral frieze
Last Recorded Collection: University Museum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 12.5
Width: 21.2
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: Cream ground 10YR 7/2, red 7.5R 4/4
Condition: Upper roll & lower frieze broken away
Height central fascia: 5.9
Decoration central fascia: Compass-drawn guilloche
Height lower roll: 2
Decoration lower roll: Painted diagonal bands
Decoration main field: Relief floral frieze
Thickness plaque: 2.5
Thickness including relief: 2.7
Mouldmade decoration: yes
Painted decoration only: yes

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