Building or zone: Temple of Mater Matuta - Etrusco-Ionian roof
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Tiles, eaves
Comparanda: Cerveteri
Remarks: Fragment of front edge of flat eaves tile, with painted brown top surface; front edge & soffit ground painted cream. Soffit decoration with part of 2 pendent palmette leaves (at left, black outlined in brown, at right brown outlined in black). Brown band along soffit front edge
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 459-460, No. I:6; Winter 2009a, pp. 482-483, 6.F.2.a, Ill. 6.22.1
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 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
Associated elements: 10153/1-4
Type of decoration: Painted volutes & palmettes
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Height: 3
Width: 11
MPD: 8.5
Clay: 7.5YR 6/6
Paint: Brown 7.5YR 5/4-5/6, cream 10YR 8/3
Condition: Fragment of front edge
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