7211, Acquarossa, Zone G House A, Roof G:3
- Record number: 7211
- Site: Acquarossa
- Building or zone: Zone G House A, Roof G:3
- Roof element: Acroteria, cutout
- 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)
Acquarossa I.2: The painted architectural terracottas. Typological and decorative analysis
Additional notes on early Etruscan akroteria
Architettura etrusca nel Viterbese. Ricerche svedesi a San Giovenale e Acquarossa 1956-1986
Case e palazzi d'Etruria
Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens
Oriental(izing) motifs in Etruscan art
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C. - Type of decoration: Antithetic animals & Gorgon/ Gorgoneion(?)
- Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Archeologico: AR21 ARVIII 67-2065a + 67-2082 + 71-10064
- 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
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