2619, Caere

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Record number: 2619
Site: Caere
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Hanging curtains
Remarks: Eaves tile curtain decorated with projecting flat fascia with painted meander/egg and dart in relief/pendent lotus and palmette in relief, linked with double volutes in relief, with cutout bottom edge. H egg & dart 2.8, W egg 1.8, + border 3.2. H lotus & palmette 5.5. W double volute 5.3.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 27-28, no. II:5, Pl. 8:26; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, p. 173, B6.1.21; Winter 2009a, pp. 490-491, 6.F.3.b, fig. 6.39
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988
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
Type of decoration: Painted meander/relief egg & dart/relief lotus & palmette
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 11.5
Width: 27
MPD: 3.5
Paint: Cream 10YR 7/4. Red 10R 4/6. Black.
Condition: 2 joining fragments
Height top fascia: 3.2
Depth top fascia: 6
Height floral field: 5.5
Height palmette: 3.1
Width palmette: 3.1
Height lotus: 3.9
Width lotus: 2.5

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