1816, Capua
- Record number: 1816
- Site: Capua
- Position: Eaves
- Roof element: Antefixes, heads
- Comparanda: Capua, Museo Campana, nos. P215-217, 249
- Remarks: Mouldmade antefix plaque with strigil shell frame surrounding female head with wavy strands of hair over forehead & alongside face, curving around volute. Recessed base painted with 3-row checkerboard. Back curved forward; cover tile attached to bottom with red paint around attachment surface
- Bibliography: Koch 1912, p. 40 Type III, Pl. VII.5; Winter 1978, pp. 40-41, pl. 18.2; Winter 1986, p. 179, fig. 5
- Publication record: Archaic architectural terracottas decorated with human heads
Dachterrakotten aus Campanien
Etruscans at Capua: Reflections of history in artistic production - Type of decoration: Strigil shell/female head in relief/painted checkerboard
- Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 7898
- Mouldmade: yes
- Height: 38.9
- Width: 33.5
- MPD: 11.8
- Clay: 5YR 6/6 with gray core
- Paint: Cream surface 10YR 6/3. Red 10R 4/4 2nd, 4th etc. inner outline of tongues, alternate diagonal bands on torus, ear outline & dot earring, inner necklace wavy band, chiton folds, upper band & squares on base checkerboard. Dark purple 5R 3/2 alternate 1st, 3rd etc. inner outline of tongues, alternate (central) diagonal bands, hair, volute eye, lowermost rows of squares on checkerboard. Black central row of squares on checkerboard
- Condition: Complete plaque; chips from shell edge & nose
- Height strigil: 8.4
- Width strigil: 6.2
- Convex strigil: yes
- Height head: 11.6
- Height face: 8.9
- Distance outer eyes: ca. 5.2
- Width nose bottom: 1.7
- Width mouth: 2.4
- Type shell: Strigil
- Width shell: 8.4
- Height strigil: 8.4
- Width strigil: 6.2
- Convex: yes
- Width fascia: 1.7/1.7
- Torus or flat: torus/flat
- Height antefix base: 8.3
- Width antefix base: 21.4
- Depth antefix base: 2.2
- Inner H cover tile: 13.5
- Outer H cover tile: 16.2
- Inner W cover tile: 15
- Outer W cover tile: 19.8
- Thickness tile: 1.8-2.6
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