1066, Rome, Forum Romanum - Regia IV

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Record number: 1066
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Regia IV
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Berlin TC 6681.4 (4, 5.1-2, 6, 7, 8); Cerveteri 83.51, 83.97, 83.113-4, 83.117, 84.77, 83.145; Copenhagen NCG HIN 482, HIN 726; New York 96.18.155 (GR 1032); Paris Louvre S. 1089, S. 1091; Philadelphia MS 1815; Rome "La Sapienza" SAEM 25214; Rome MNR 380159, 380161, 380160; Rome Antiquarium forense R64.300, R64.250, R65.67
Remarks: Piece preserves most of antefix plaque with female head and considerable length of cover tile. Head has thin flat layer of hair across forehead, parted in center, falling in single, narrow, rounded sections alongside face, behind ears. Plaque overhangs cover tile by 3 cm. Red paint on sides of tile
Bibliography: Iacopi 1982, pp. 44, 47, no. 1, fig. 13, Pl. 7.1; La grande Roma 1990, p. 61, 3.2.16; Downey 1993, p. 245, figs. 22-23; Downey 1995, p. 88, No. 41, figs. 59, 60; Winter 2009a, p. 427, 6.C.1.a
Publication record: Archaic architectural terracottas from the Regia
Architectural terracottas from the Regia
Documentazione archeologica sulla Regia
La grande Roma dei Tarquini
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Associated elements: From Section 5 northwest, level 1, pieces associated with Regia IV: ridge tile R64.319, pan tile R64.299; associated with Regia III: ridge tile cover R64.339
Type of decoration: Female head
Current Collection: Antiquarium forense: R64.300
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 15
Width: 14.5
MPD: 40
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: Cream on face, black faded to brown on left eye & base of right eyebrow, red 7.5R 4/6
Condition: Restored from many fragments, face abraded, missing nose & lower left section of hair
Height head: 15
Height face: 11.3
Distance outer eyes: 6.8?
Width nose bottom: 2.6?
Width mouth: 3.2
Inner H cover tile: 10.6
Outer H cover tile: 12.3
Inner W cover tile: 13.2
Outer W cover tile: 16.8

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