511, Caere

Record number: 511
Site: Caere
Position: Pediment slopes
Roof element: Raking simas + acroteria
Comparanda: Copenhagen Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek HIN 874-HIN 880
Remarks: Fragment preserves tops of 4 large rounded tips of strigils with convex tops, painted red/black/red/black with contrasting top edges, painted over cream. On top, twisted snake-body finial = acroterion. Red knobs must be beard tips attached to body; 2 round scars above at top of piece where heads were attached.
Type of decoration: Bearded snakes/convex strigils
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale
Mouldmade: no
Height: 9.6
Width: 15.3
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
Paint: Cream 10YR 7/4, red-brown 2.5YR 5/6
Condition: Finished top edge
Cresting decoration: Bearded snakes
Height cresting decoration: 5.8+
Width strigil: 3
Convex strigil: yes
Width strigil: 3
Convex: yes

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