2305, Palestrina

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Record number: 2305
Site: Palestrina
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Velletri, Veii, Civita Castellana: Winter 1978, p. 44, pl. 22.4
Remarks: Female head antefix with concave tongue shell frame. Back of head hollowed.
Bibliography: Van Buren 1921a, pp. 17f. (IV, type XI), Pl. VIII:2; Andrén 1940, p. 375, no. II:2, Pl. 116:408; Quattrocchi 1956, p. 46, no. 121; Jannot 2005, p. 38, fig. 9
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Figurative terracotta revetments in Etruria and Latium in the VI. and V. cent. B.C.. Author: Van Buren, E.D.. Place of publication: London. Publication Date: 1921
Il Museo Archeologico prenestino. Author: Quattrocchi, G.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1956
Une antéfixe étrusque à Angers et les produits d'un atelier de coroplathes. Author: Jannot, J.-R.. Journal and volume number: RLouvre 2005:1. Place of publication: Paris. Publication Date: 2005. Pages: 37-44
Type of decoration: Female head
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 16.4
Width: 21.5
MPD: 7.1
Clay: 5YR 5/6
Paint: White 10YR 8/3 painted over red 7.5R 4/6.
Height head: 9.9
Height face: 5.7
Distance outer eyes: 4.2
Width nose bottom: 1.7
Width mouth: 1.9
Type shell: Concave tongues W 2.5, 2 at bottom
Height antefix base: 2.6
Width antefix base: 15.8
Inner H cover tile: 7.2
Outer H cover tile: 9
Inner W cover tile: 11.5
Outer W cover tile: 16.2

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