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VEIO, PIAZZA D’ARMI: LA FOSSA DEL CANE

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 an 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.