1578, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Vignale, smaller temple

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Record number: 1578
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Vignale, smaller temple
Position: Pediment floor
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Civita Castellana, Sassi Caduti, No. II:5 (12502) & Lo Scasato No. III:3 (2722)
Remarks: Antefix of Silen head wearing lion-skin, with paws tied below chin, surrounded by strigil shell frame. Slight hollow behind head & traces of strut at top, cover tile at bottom, with point punctures for attaching cover tile to plaque. Worn mould, muted details, poorly & crudely painted.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 102, No. II:4, Pl. 34:118; Helbig4 III, pp. 736-737, No. 2835; Carlucci 1995, p. 96, fig. 18.b (partial redecoration of 2nd phase)
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
Il santuario falisco di Vignale. Nuove acquisizioni
Associated elements: 7210, 7222; female head antefixes 7203, 7220, 7221, 7223
Type of decoration: Silen head wearing lion-skin
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 7219
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 20.2
Width: 14.8
MPD: 6.7
Clay: 10YR 7/3
Paint: White slip 10YR 8/2 lion's teeth, volute, eyes, base; red 7.5R 3/6 skin, ground behind volute, square on top center of base; black beard; blue-black 7.5R N4/ lion head & paw; purple-red 5R 3/4 edge of lion head
Condition: Missing most of shell and lower right corner
Height face: 13.4
Distance outer eyes: 6.1
Width nose bottom: 2.3
Width mouth: 2.6

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