1031, Rome, Forum Romanum - Curia Hostilia

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Record number: 1031
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Curia Hostilia
Roof element: Revetment plaques,figural
Comparanda: La grande Roma, 5.1.28-32 (S. Omobono), 3.6.8 (Capitoline), 4.1.10-18 (Palatine), 10.1.2 (Esquiline); Andrén 1940, Velletri No. I:2
Remarks: Fragment of relief figured frieze showing wheel (Diam 4.8) of chariot & legs of 2 figures, 1 of which, a woman in long mantle, stands on chariot. The other, a man, follows on foot. Along bottom, raised border
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 333, No. I:7, fig. 13:2; Gjerstad 1960, pp. 256-258, fig. 157:5; Andrén 1974, p. 4, n. 20; La grande Roma 1990, p. 54 3.1.3; Winter 2009a, p. 364, 5.D.2.c or 5.D.3.c
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Early Rome III: Fortifications, domestic architecture, sanctuaries, stratigraphic excavations
La grande Roma dei Tarquini
Osservazioni sulle terrecotte architettoniche etrusco-italiche
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Chariot procession moving to left
Current Collection: Antiquarium forense: 603
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 8.2
Width: 11.1
MPD: 2.5
Clay: 2.5YR 4/4
Paint: Surface dark red 10R 4/6, incluidng soffit
Condition: Fragment of lower part of frieze with finished right edge
Decoration main field: Relief figured frieze
Thickness plaque: 2
Thickness including relief: 2.5
Mouldmade decoration: yes

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