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3577, Poggio Civitate, Courtyard building

  • Record number: 3577
  • Site: POGGIO CIVITATE
  • Building or zone: COURTYARD BUILDING
  • Position: PEDIMENT SLOPES
  • Roof element: RAKING SIMAS
  • Comparanda: SHOULDERS MODELED SIMILARLY TO HORSES ON RACE, AS TOO ELONGATED TORSO.
  • Remarks: FRAGMENT OF LEFT SIDE OF PLAQUE OF RAKING SIMA WITH FINISHED EDGE, 2 HARES AND GUILLOCHE. CRISP MOULD. L LEFT HARE NOSE TO TAIL 7.4, H 5.7.
  • Bibliography: PHILLIPS 1993, P. 31; PAIRAULT MASSA 1993B; Ö. WIKANDER 1994, P. 55, NO.26; WINTER 2009A, PP. 162-163, 3.A.1.B
  • Publication record: In the hills of Tuscany. Recent excavations at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena). Author: Phillips, K.M., Jr.. Place of publication: Philadelphia. Publication Date: 1993
    La sima oblique di Poggio Civitate (Murlo); problèmes techniques et interprétation historique. Author: Pairault-Massa, F.-H.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 123-134
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009
    The Archaic Etruscan sima. Author: Wikander, Ö.. Journal and volume number: Murlo and the Etruscans, ed. R. De Puma & J. Small. Place of publication: Madison, WI. Publication Date: 1994. Pages: 47-63
  • Type of decoration: COURSING HOUNDS(?) AND HARES
  • Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate
  • Mouldmade: YES
  • Height: 9
  • Width: 17.5
  • MPD: 7.7
  • Clay: 2.5YR 5/8
  • Paint: DARK PURPLE-RED GROUND 5R 3/4. ALSO ON GUILLOCHE, POSSIBLY ALSO ON HARES.
  • Height lower roll: 2.4
  • Decoration lower roll: GUILLOCHE
  • Height main field: 5.7
  • Thickness plaque: 2.2
  • Thickness including relief: 2.7
  • Soffit decoration type: ROUGH, UNDECORATED
  • Soffit decoration type: ROUGH, UNDECORATED

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