Remarks: Gorgoneion antefix with shell frame. Flat shell of slightly convex tongues with raised borders. H lowermost tongue 5.7, W 2.7, + border 3.6. H central tongue 8.1, W 3.6, + border 4.6. TH 3. H rounded moulding 1.4. H recessed flat band 1.1. Diam volute eye 2.1. H head including beard 17.1. L lower fang 3.1. W tongue 3.4. H rounded moulding below head 0.6. H recessed base 6.4, W 19.3-21.1. Tall narrow projection above cover tile on back of flat plaque, H 14.1, W 2.9, D 2.3. Eyes very deeply set at inside similar to T.86. Disk earrings. Paint preserved on lower half only. Bought from P. Arndt.
Bibliography: Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, pp. 231-232, C2.7
Publication record: Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988
Type of decoration: Gorgoneion
Last Recorded Collection: Szépmüveszeti Muzeum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 34.5
Width: 33.4
Clay: 7.5YR 6/6
Paint: Cream slip 10YR 7/2. Red on alternating beard strands, tongue, teeth, wide band on lower rounded moulding, band across top of base and blocks 7.5R 3/4. Black on hair, alternating strands of beard, central meander band.
