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7259, Acquarossa, Zone F

  • Record number: 7259
  • Site: Acquarossa
  • Building or zone: Zone F
  • Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
  • Remarks: Relief revetment plaque of Type B with figured frieze of Herakles & Nemean lion/departing warrior scene. D convex strigils at top 5.5, at bottom 2.1. Frieze projecting from strigils. Relief begins above invisible ground line H 0.8. Warrior to left has head turned back to Herakles. Diam shield 5.7. Horses not winged. Raised fillet across top of frieze at left.
  • Bibliography: Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte 1972, p. 49, no. 107, Pl. XI.b; AndrĂ©n 1974, pp. 6,10, Pl. XXIII.51; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p. 57, no. I:31, Inv. B1; Strandberg Olofsson 1984, p. 112, pl. II.1; Winter 2009a, pp. 269-270, 4.D.4.d, Ill. 4.8.4
  • Publication record: Acquarossa V.1: The head antefixes and relief plaques. A reconstruction of the terracotta decoration & its architectural setting
    Case e palazzi d'Etruria
    Gli Etruschi. Nuove ricerche e scoperte
    Osservazioni sulle terrecotte architettoniche etrusco-italiche
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
  • Associated elements: B1 - B14
  • Type of decoration: Herakles & Nemean lion/departing warrior scene to left
  • Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Archeologico: B1 67-57 + 67-58 + 67-873 + 67-874 + 67-876 + 67-877 + 67-879 + 67-880 + 67-881 + 67-884 + 67-886 + 67-887 + 67-888 + 67-890 + 67-891 + 67-892 + 67-1058 + 67-1098 + 67-1196
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 21
  • Width: 51
  • MPD: 6
  • Height top fascia: 1.9
  • Height strigil: 4.9
  • Width strigil: 1.3
  • Convex strigil: yes
  • Height main field: 14
  • Thickness plaque: 2.4
  • Thickness including relief: 3.1
  • Height strigil: 4.9
  • Width strigil: 1.3
  • Convex: yes
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