Comparanda: HERAKLES AND ATHENA ACROTERION FROM ROME, S. OMOBONO
Remarks: FRAGMENT OF LEFT SECTION OF CHEST OF HERAKLES WEARING LION-SKIN WITH KNOTTED PAWS, WITH PAW TO RIGHT PRESERVED, PAINTED LIGHT BROWN WITH SHORT BLACK LINES GIVING TEXTURE OF FUR. ON RAISED SECTION OF LION-SKIN ABOVE AND ON TOP PART OF PELT PULLED OVER ABDOMEN, PAINTED LIGHT BROWN, BLACK FLAME-SHAPED LINES INDICATING TUFTS OF FUR. EDGES OF LION-SKIN HAVE PAINTED BLACK LINE. UNDERNEATH LION-SKIN, WHITE TUNIC WITH WAVY BLACK LINES INDICATING FOLDS. HOLLOW, HANDMADE. TH WALL 2.2 (NECK) - 6.2. PROBABLY CENTRAL ACROTERION
Bibliography: CRISTOFANI 1986B, P. 15, PL. 3C; DANNER 1993A, P. 96 (TRANSVERSE POSITION); WINTER 2009A, P. 467, 6.E.1.A
Publication record: Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens. Author: Danner, P.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 93-107 Nuovi dati per la storia urbana di Caere. Author: Cristofani, M.. Journal and volume number: BdA 71:35-36. Publication Date: 1986. Pages: 1-24 Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009
Type of decoration: HERAKLES
Last Recorded Collection: C.N.R. storerooms at Banditaccia necropolis
Mouldmade: NO
Height: 23.3
Width: 15.2
MPD: 8.5
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: CREAM TUNIC 10YR 7/3, LIGHT BROWN LION SKIN 5YR 6/3, BLACK
