Pinax fragment depicting a male figure from waist to ankle

Summary

The pinax depicts a male figure, however, only the legs are preserved.

Description of object

The narrow pinax shows a male figure, however, only the legs are preserved. He is wearing boots and garment of a thin type of fabric. Behind his left thigh, a shield is slightly visible. To the right a indefinable object is visible (part of his arm?). At either edge are two vertical red bands. The shape of the pinax might suggest that it functioned as a revetment plague at one side of an opening, for example a door or a window.

Choice of methods

Visual examination

• Macroscopic

Technical imaging

• UV
• VIL

Sampling

• Cross section
• Scrapings for FT-IR
• XRF
• FT-IR

Visual examination

The pinax is painted in black and brown on a cream white slip.

Bibliography

M. Cristofani (1986), Nuovi dati per la storia urbana di Caere, BdA, 35-36, 1-23

M.A. Rizzo (1994), Nuove lastre dipinte da Cerveteri, in M. Martelli (ed.) Tyrrhenoi philotechnoi, Roma, 52, n. 2.

F. Roncalli (2006), La pittura su lastre fittili a Caere in Guidi, F.G., Bellelli, V. and Trojsi G. (eds.) Il guerriero de Ceri, Roma, 16, no. 9.

J. Christiansen & N. A. Winter (2010), Etruria I. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 190, cat. no. 85.

C. Brøns (1), S. B. Hedegaard & K. L. Rasmussen (2018), The real thing? Studies of polychromy and Authenticity of Etruscan Pinakes at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Studi Etruschi LXXIX – MMXIV, 195-223.