Comparanda: Caprifico (Cisterna): Brown 1973-1974; La grande Roma 1990, 9.6.76. Roman Forum 1272: Andrén 1940, p. 333, No. I:9, pl. 105:376
Remarks: Fragment preserves hindlegs of 2 horses facing right, with chariot pole & hindlegs of hare running below. Flat projecting border across bottom & part of tile backer preserved. Oblique channel through tile at break
Bibliography: NSc 1907, pp. 540-541, figs. 62-63; Van Buren 1921a, pp. 64, 69; Andrén 1940, p. 328, No. I:3; Gjerstad 1960, p. 83, fig. 52.7; Gjerstad 1966, pp. 467, 470, 572, fig. 137.2-3; La grande Roma 1990, p. 92, 4.1.10; Ö. Wikander 1994, p. 56, no. 35; Winter 2009a, pp. 330-331, 5.A.1.b
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Early Rome III: Fortifications, domestic architecture, sanctuaries, stratigraphic excavations. Author: Gjerstad, E.. Place of publication: Lund. Publication Date: 1960 Early Rome IV.1: Synthesis of archaeological evidence. Author: Gjerstad, E.. Place of publication: Lund. Publication Date: 1966 Figurative terracotta revetments in Etruria and Latium in the VI. and V. cent. B.C.. Author: Van Buren, E.D.. Place of publication: London. Publication Date: 1921 La grande Roma dei Tarquini. Author: Cristofani, M. (ed.). Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1990 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 The Archaic Etruscan sima. Author: Wikander, Ö.. Journal and volume number: Murlo and the Etruscans, ed. R. De Puma & J. Small. Place of publication: Madison, WI. Publication Date: 1994. Pages: 47-63
Associated elements: 12013; fragments in Gjerstad 1966, fig. 137.4-5
Type of decoration: Chariot race to right
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium palatino
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 8.8
Width: 12
MPD: 10.5
Clay: 7.5YR 7/6
Paint: Red ground, front horse legs, oblique stripes on border & soffit 10R 4/4, lighter red far horse legs 7.5R 5/6, cream stripes 10YR 7/3, black hare legs
Condition: Fragment of bottom of vertical plaque & tile backer
Decoration main field: Relief figured frieze
Thickness plaque: 2
Thickness including relief: 2.4
Mouldmade decoration: yes
Th. tile backer: 2.1
D soffit decoration: 5
Soffit decoration type: Painted oblique stripes in red/cream
Thickness tile backer: 2.1
Depth soffit decoration: 5
Soffit decoration type: Painted oblique stripes in red/cream
