1490, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Lo Scasato - stoa

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Record number: 1490
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Lo Scasato - stoa
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, full figure
Remarks: Large fragment with lower body of nude male figure (H from crotch to ankle of right leg 17.3, left leg 18.1) with drapery hanging to his left side, and wings on both naked feet. Figure stands facing slightly to viewer's left, with bent left leg, on plinth with round moulding at top (H 1.8), above flat fascia (H 1.8). Thick plaque behind & to right of figure. On back, cover tile with scar from strut on upper plaque.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 131, No. I:14, Pl. 49:156; Helbig4 III, p. 724, No. 2816; Santuari d'Etruria 1985, p. 88, 4.9 B1; Comella 1993c, pp. 156-157, H2, pl. 43:a
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
Le terrecotte architettoniche del santuario dello Scasato à Falerii (scavi 1886-1887)
Santuari d'Etruria
Type of decoration: Mercury/Hermes
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 2707
Mouldmade: no
Height: 35.4
Width: 19.5
MPD: 14.6
Clay: 10YR 7/3-7/4
Paint: Red-brown skin 5YR 5/6, pink drapery 5R 5/6
Condition: Preserves lower half of body, drapery, plinth & part of cover tile
Height antefix base: 3.6
Inner H cover tile: 9.5
Outer H cover tile: 11.5
Inner W cover tile: 12
Outer W cover tile: 18?

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