2671, Orvieto, Campo della Fiera

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Record number: 2671
Site: ORVIETO
Building or zone: CAMPO DELLA FIERA
Roof element: ANTEFIXES, HEADS
Comparanda: IDENTICAL TO ANDRÉN 1940, PP. 188-189, NO. I:1 FROM CANNICELLA SANCTUARY AT ORVIETO AND TO NO. I:1 SPORADIC (ANDRÉN 1940, P. 194)
Remarks: FEMALE HEAD ANTEFIX WITH SHELL FRAME. DECORATION ON ROLL IS UPWARDS CHEVRON IN RED/WHITE/BLACK. RECTANGULAR STRUT. DISTANCE FROM BACK OF ANTEFIX TO END OF STRUT 12.5.
Bibliography: NS 1877, P. 146, NO. 2; FURTWÄNGLER 1893, P. 252, NO.3; PERALI 1928, PL. IX:40; ANDRÉN 1940, P.192, NO. I:6, PL. 72:242; GENS BUDAPEST 1989, PP. 100-101, NO. 3.9
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia. Author: Roncalli, F. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1989
Meisterwerke der griechischen Plastik.. Author: Furtwängler, A. Place of publication: Leipzig/Berlin. Publication Date: 1893
Orvieto etrusca. Author: Perali, P.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1928
Type of decoration: FEMALE HEAD WEARING DIADEM AND EARRINGS/CHEVRONS
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 25
Width: 22.3
MPD: 24.8
Clay: 7.5YR 7/6
Paint: CREAM 10YR 8/3. RED 10R 5/6. PURPLE 7.5R 4/4. DARK PURPLE-RED 5R 4/4. LIGHT BROWN SKIN 10YR 7/3. LIGHT RED GROUND ON DIADEM AND EARRINGS 10R 5/6. BLACK HAIR AND CHEVRONS.
Condition: SINGLE PIECE
Height head: 14
Height face: 12.1
Distance outer eyes: 7
Width nose bottom: 2.8
Width mouth: 3.1
Type shell: STRIGIL(?)
Width fascia: 1.9
Torus or flat: ROLL
Height strut: 11
Width strut: 3.4
Depth strut: 5.5
Inner H cover tile: 10.9
Outer H cover tile: 12.9
Inner W cover tile: 14.6
Outer W cover tile: 18.5
Thickness tile: 2

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