Remarks: Cutout acroterion of antithetic animals and Gorgon/Gorgoneion(?). Joining fragments of right outermost side of acroterion with volute/neck ending in backward-turning, left-facing animal head, with hindquarters of feline to left. Th 4.2. Projecting pupil, incised teeth, incised ear.
Bibliography: Rystedt 1983, p. 27, figs. 9-10, pp. 62-64, fig. 34, Pls. 2-3, ARVIII, p. 152 600 BC stylistically; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p. 46, no. I;17; Architettura etrusca nel Viterbese 1986, pp. 65, 77-78, no. 108, figs. 70, 67; CĂ–. Wikander 1988, p. 126; Danner 1993a, p. 95, fig. 5, Transverse position 600 BC; Rystedt 1994, pp. 78-81, fig. 8.2; Serra Ridgway 2002, p. 118, fig. 4b; Winter 2009a, p. 111, 2.E.6.b, fig. 2.19, Ill. 2.15
Publication record: Acquarossa 4: Early Etruscan akroteria from Acquarossa and Poggio Civitate (Murlo). Author: Rystedt, E.. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1983 Acquarossa I.2: The painted architectural terracottas. Typological and decorative analysis. Author: Wikander, C.. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1988 Additional notes on early Etruscan akroteria. Author: Rystedt, E.. Journal and volume number: Murlo and the Etruscans, ed. R. De Puma & J. Small. Place of publication: Madison, WI. Publication Date: 1994. Pages: 77-84 Architettura etrusca nel Viterbese. Ricerche svedesi a San Giovenale e Acquarossa 1956-1986. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1986 Case e palazzi d'Etruria. Author: Stopponi, S. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985 Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens. Author: Danner, P.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 93-107 Oriental(izing) motifs in Etruscan art. Author: Serra Ridgway, F.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 27. Publication Date: 2002. Pages: 109-122 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: Antithetic animals & Gorgon/ Gorgoneion(?)
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Archeologico
Mouldmade: no
Height: 47
Width: 54
Clay: 2.5YR 5/8
Paint: Red surface 2.5YR 5/6. Cream 10YR 8/3. White in most channels and bands on flat panels, dots on feline, and raised outer edge. White-on-red decoration
