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7758, Veii, Piazza D' Armi

  • Record number: 7758
  • Site: Veii
  • Building or zone: Piazza D' Armi
  • Position: Pediment right
  • Roof element: Raking simas
  • Remarks: Raking sima with figural decoration = Veii-Rome-Velletri type revetment plaque with chariot race to right. Preserves bottom of vertical plaque and part of tile backer. Part of two chariot wheels to either side of three horse hoofs. Black meander on white ground on projecting bottom border. Soffit painted with large white meander on red ground.
  • Bibliography: Stefani 1944, col. 244, fig. 44; Ö. Wikander 1994, p. 58, no. 51; Scavo nello scavo 2004, p. 53, no. I.b.11; Winter 2009a, pp. 328-330, 5.A.1.a, fig. 5.1, Ill. 5.1.1
  • Publication record: Scavi archeologici a Veio, in contrada Piazza d'Armi
    Scavo nello scavo. Gli Etruschi non visti
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
    The Archaic Etruscan sima
  • Type of decoration: Chariot race to right
  • Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 137311
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 5+
  • Width: 23+
  • MPD: 19+
  • Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
  • Paint: White 10YR 7/4. Red 2.5YR 5/6.
  • Thickness plaque: 1.8
  • Thickness including relief: 2-2.1
  • Mouldmade decoration: yes
  • Th. tile backer: 2.2
  • D soffit decoration: 10
  • Soffit decoration type: Meander + white bands, W 1.6.
  • Thickness tile backer: 2.2
  • Depth soffit decoration: 10
  • Soffit decoration type: Meander + white bands, W 1.6.
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