3572, Poggio Civitate, T9/Courtyard building
- Record number: 3572
- Site: Poggio Civitate
- Building or zone: T9/Courtyard building
- Position: Ridge
- Roof element: Acroteria, human statues
- Remarks: Hollow handmade, larger than life-size head with helmet from statue. Bulbous, almond-shaped eye with wide deep channel surrounding eye. Large ear (H 6.8). H knob on top of helmet (H 1.5). At front center of helmet, finished indented edge running towards knob, but only partially preserved at front.
- Bibliography: Bruni et al. 1988, fig. 55; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p.107, 3.276; Edlund-Berry 1992, pp. 44-45, I.3.3, figs. 43-46; Phillips 1993, p. 21; Winter 2009a, p. 200, 3.E.1.d, fig. 3.33
- Publication record: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate
Case e palazzi d'Etruria
In the hills of Tuscany. Recent excavations at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena)
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
The seated and standing statue akroteria from Poggio Civitate (Murlo) - Type of decoration: Helmeted head
- Current Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate: 69-200 111690
- Mouldmade: no
- Height: 24.1
- Width: 12.2
- MPD: 21.9
- Clay: 2.5YR 4/6
- Paint: Surface brown 7.5YR 5/4
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