Remarks: Lateral sima with feline-head waterspout. Upper flat fascia/concave tongues/flat fascia with spout with mouldmade head top, hollowed and attached to vertical plaque with cut rounded opening for water. Finished curved left edge is opening for antefix 13.2 cm from spout. 2nd example that was more complete, published in Mancini 1915, was destroyed in WW II.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 414-415, no. I:13, Pl. D:1,2; La grande Roma 1990, p. 204, 8.6.23; Ö. Wikander 1994, p. 58, no. 58; Winter et al. 2009, Table 3; Winter 2009a, pp. 339-340, 5.B.2.a, Ill. 5.5
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 La grande Roma dei Tarquini. Author: Cristofani, M. (ed.). Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1990 New light on the production of decorated roofs of the 6th c. B.C. at sites in and around Rome. Author: Winter, N.A., I. Iliopoulos, A.J. Ammerman. Journal and volume number: JRA 22. Publication Date: 2009 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: Antefix with female head Andrén 1940, no. I:9
Type of decoration: Feline head
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 16.8
Width: 29.2
MPD: 118
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
Paint: Red-brown 10R 4/4 on spout, nearest strigil, fascias (top and bottom), traces of white on top fascia and bottom fascia.
