5, Rome, Temple of Castor & Pollux/Forum Romanum

Record number: 5
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Temple of Castor & Pollux/Forum Romanum
Roof element: Acroteria, animal statues
Remarks: Thick fragment with 2 flat surfaces with painted decoration on both faces, not quite parallel. On one face, white band with central brown line/black band with central brown line/white area with brown line forming V, with purple-red on half of inside of V. On opposite face, painted purple-red stem with heart-shaped end, superimposed over black curving band, on white ground; part of second curved purple-red element, possibly mirror image of heart-shape.
Bibliography: Grønne 1992, p. 169, JJ-053 CV 87-12, Pl. 41.1 top left
Publication record: The architectural terracottas
Type of decoration: Wing?
Current Collection: Danish Academy: V87-12
Mouldmade: No
Height: 12
Width: 10.5
MPD: 4.7
Clay: 5YR 6/6 with thick gray core
Paint: Purple-red 7.5R 4/2 & 7.5R 4/4, white 10YR 8/3 & 10YR 7/3
Condition: Broken on all sides

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