Remarks: DOUBLE TORUS DECORATED WITH PAINTED SCALE PATTERN. 4 LENGTHWISE CHANNELS, NOT PENETRATING. UPPER TORUS, H 9, TH OUTER WALL 3, D 1ST CHANNEL 4.5, TH INNER WALL 2, D 2ND CHANNEL 5.7, TH BACK WALL 1.8. LOWER TORUS, H 8.5, TH OUTER WALL 2.8, D 1ST CHANNEL 5.4, TH INNER WALL 2, D 2ND CHANNEL 7, TH BACK WALL 1.8. D PROJECTING PART OF TORUSES 7.3, D BACK SECTION 8.5. BETWEEN TORUSES, NAIL HOLES. DESIGN INCISED BEFORE PAINTING: HORIZONTAL LINES AND COMPASS-DRAWN CIRCLES. UPPER SCALE PATTERN UPRIGHT, LOWER PENDENT. W SCALE CA. 3, H 3.2 WITHOUT OUTLINE.
Bibliography: WALTERS 1903, P. 176, B 625; ANDRÉN 1940, P. 30, NO. II:9A, PL. H:1; WINTER 2009A, PP. 294-295, 4.D.10.B, ILL. 4.13.2
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum. Author: Walters, H.B.. Place of publication: London. Publication Date: 1903 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: DOUBLE TORUS WITH SCALE PATTERN
Last Recorded Collection: British Museum
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 18.5
Width: 28
MPD: 14.5
Clay: 5YR 5.6
Paint: BLACK OUTLINES AROUND RED AND CREAM SCALES. DIAGONAL ROWS OF CREAM, PURPLE-RED, BROWN SCALES. CREAM SLIP 10YR 7/4. RED-PURPLE: UPPER BAND AND SCALES 5R 4/3. GOLD-BROWN SCALES 7.5YR 5/6. RED-PURPLE AROUND GOLD-BROWN SCALES.
Th. tile backer: 2.3
Soffit decoration type: SCALES TO RIGHT, RED BAND, W 1 CM, THEN CREAM AND POSSIBLY 2ND RED BAND. AT BACK, BEGINNING OF BROKEN TILE BACKER.
Thickness tile backer: 2.3
Soffit decoration type: SCALES TO RIGHT, RED BAND, W 1 CM, THEN CREAM AND POSSIBLY 2ND RED BAND. AT BACK, BEGINNING OF BROKEN TILE BACKER.
