1499, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Lo Scasato - stoa

Record number: 1499
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Lo Scasato - stoa
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, full figure
Remarks: Large head of male hero or athlete (boxer?) with high forehead, thick sideburns of hair in front of ear, channel for wide fillet. Left side unfinished, so intended to be seen in profile to right. Hole for meniskos
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 133, No. I:23, Pl. 50:159 left; Helbig4 III, pp. 722-723, No. 2814; Comella 1993c, p. 174, H14, pl. 50.b
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)
Type of decoration: Male head (hero/athlete/boxer?)
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 2706
Mouldmade: no
Height: 9.5
Width: 7.9
MPD: 5.9
Paint: Red-brown skin, charcoal hair
Condition: Broken through neck

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