Building or zone: Favissa just south of gate of acropolis
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Rome, Villa Giula nos. 3798-3799 and British Museum nos. GR1890.6-14.1 (B605), GR1892.1-12.9 (B606)
Remarks: Antefix with female head in relief, wearing diadem & necklace, surrounded by shell frame of squat strigils/roll/inner band of openwork scale pattern, with innermost band encircling head ending in upright palmettes in relief to either side of face.
Bibliography: BSR 11 (1929) p. 87, no. 6, Pl. XXVII:b; Andrén 1940, pp. 420-421, no. I:1
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Type of decoration: Female head
Last Recorded Collection: Museum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 40
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