project banner image
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Clay
Object Type Architectural::Frieze Plaque
Year Excavated 1968
Motif Horse Race
Decorative Technique Painted
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Horserace Frieze Plaque, Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.102 m, Max. Pres. Length 0.147 m, Pres. Thickness 0.028 m-0.031 m
Condition Broken on right and bottom.
Description Preserves: upper left corner of frieze, including the trophy. Very good preservation of paint: the piece appears to have been slipped red and then white added to the following parts: every other strigil, beginning with the second, the studs and outlining them; and the trophy. (See color reconstruction.)
Fabric Description Coarse clay with inclusions of stone fired orange-brown.
Has note
19680452bw.jpg
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19680452 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Agger/Agger 2C/1968, ID:466". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/59a502a6-2b48-4c37-c003-6d519b90974d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19680452

Editorial Status
●●●○○
Part of Project
Copyright License

To the extent to which copyright applies, this content carries the above license. Follow the link to understand specific permissions and requirements.

Required Attribution: Citation and reference of URIs (hyperlinks)