Veio, Piazza d'Armi: la fossa del cane
In: Archeologia Classica: 63, 2012
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An important discovery is presented in this paper, found during the excavations at Piazza d'Armi, Veii carried out by the Etruscology and Italic Archaeology teaching board (Rome
University "La Sapienza").
In Area VII, one of the excavation areas on the plateau, a remarkable dump of ceramic material and architectural terracottas has been found. On the
evidence of the Etrusco-Corinthian pottery, the bucchero ware and some sherds of Attic black
figured pottery we can date the context around the second quarter of
6th
century BC. Among
the architectural terracottas, some fragments are attributable to two figures: a dog (with on
appreciable part of its head and body preserved) and a standing man, with only a few parts
of his body and drapery preserved.
We hypothesize attribution of these fragments to an acroterial group, originally located on the
roof of a building interpreted as a high status residence.