2227, Caere

Record number: 2227
Site: Caere
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Berlin TC 6681.4 (4, 5.1-2, 6, 7, 8); Cerveteri 83.51, 83.97, 83.113-4, 83.117, 84.77, 83.145; Copenhagen NCG HIN 482, HIN 726; New York 96.18.155 (GR 1032); Paris Louvre S. 1089, S. 1091; Philadelphia MS 1815; Rome "La Sapienza" SAEM 25214; Rome MNR 380159, 380161, 380160; Rome Antiquarium forense R64.300, R64.250, R65.67
Remarks: Female head antefix. Lightly modeled lids. Wrongly said to be from Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana.
Bibliography: Pensabene & Sanzi di Mino 1983, p. 49, no. 1, pl. 1; Winter 2009a, p. 427, 6.C.1.a
Publication record: Museo Nazionale Romano, Le terrecotte II.1: Antefisse
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Female head
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Romano: 115289bis
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 15.2
Width: 13
MPD: 10.6
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: Black eyes and stripe on top.
Height head: 13.6
Height face: 11.3
Distance outer eyes: 7.5
Width nose bottom: 2.5
Width mouth: 3

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