3577, Poggio Civitate, Courtyard building

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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)
La sima oblique di Poggio Civitate (Murlo); problèmes techniques et interprétation historique
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
The Archaic Etruscan sima
Type of decoration: Coursing hounds(?) and hares
Current Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate: 68-379 109298
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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