Remarks: FRAGMENT OF ANTEFIX PLAQUE DECORATED WITH SILEN HEAD, MOULDED IN RELIEF AND PAINTED. NOSTRILS PIERCED, ALSO RIDGE BETWEEN NOSE & LIPS, SIDE ENDS OF MOUTH, ANIMAL EAR CENTERS & POSSIBLY EDGE AROUND HAIRLINE, ADDED AFTER MOULDING. BACK OF HEAD SLIGHTLY HOLLOWED; POSSIBLE SCAR OF COVER TILE AT BOTTOM OF FRAGMENT
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 215, NO. I:3, PL. 79:272; DIE WELT DER ETRUSKER 1988, P. 178, B 6.2 (DATED 525-500 B.C.)
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988
Type of decoration: SILEN HEAD
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 19.9
Width: 16.5
MPD: 10
Clay: 10YR 6/4
Paint: BLACK ON TOP OF HEAD (HAIR), EYELIDS, MOUSTACHE, BEARD. WHITE 10YR 8/3 HEAD-BAND FILLET, WITH RED-BROWN 2.5YR 4/4 CHEVRON PATTERN POINTING TOWARDS CENTER TOP. RED-BROWN 5YR 3/4 SKIN & LIPS & EAR EDGE
Condition: SINGLE PIECE, MISSING SHELL, LOWER BEARD & BASE
