5611, Orvieto, Belvedere

Record number: 5611
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Belvedere
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Remarks: Female head antefix with shell frame. Missing fragment of lower left side shown in Andrén photo. On back rectangular strut near top with vertical depression down center, and small thumb pressed element on side of it. Below scar of cover tile.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 181, no. II:37, Pl. 68:224; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983, p. 134, Pl. 196; Mertens-Horn 1994, fig. 293
Publication record: Antefisse
Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture
Type of decoration: Female head in beaded headdress
Current Collection: Museo Civico: 2081
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 18.7
Width: 12.9
MPD: 11.8
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: White paint on face 10YR 8/1. Red hair, lips, underline of chin, top of diadem 7.5R 5/8.
Height face: 10.3
Distance outer eyes: 6.1
Width nose bottom: 2
Width mouth: 2.4

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