855, Rome, Esquiline/Via dei Serpenti

Record number: 855
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Esquiline/Via dei Serpenti
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Remarks: Male head with erect animal ears, wearing wreath of ivy-leaves & 2 gold-brown berry clusters, bound with taenia. Face painted dark red-purple over cream slip. Red-purple on headband & ribbon folds over ears. Cream hair. Deeply modelled and fairly clear mould. Back concave & slipped cream with scar from strut at top. Bottom break at point where cover tile begins.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 345-346, No. II:1, Pl. 107:385 (bottom with beard now missing)
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Type of decoration: Silen head
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium Comunale
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 19.9
Width: 24.8
MPD: 8.5
Clay: 7.5YR 5/4
Paint: Cream 10YR 8/3, red-purple 10R 3/4, gold-brown 10YR 5/4
Condition: Preserves upper part of head
Distance outer eyes: 9.2
Width nose bottom: 3.6
Height strut: 4.1
Width strut: 8.5

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