Remarks: Preserves left shoulder, probably female, with hair forming a raised square panel similar to that of the Athena statue 16161. On shoulder, left hand & forearm of another person, larger in scale (L hand - wrist 13.3); fingertips missing. 2nd joining fragment (MPH 15.7, MPW 22.7) has more hair with brown paint along bottom edge. Statues hollow inside, built up with lumps of clay
Bibliography: Gjerstad 1960, p. 423, fig. 265.5-6; Sommella Mura 1977a, pp. 101 & 113, fig. 31; La grande Roma 1990, pp. 120-121 5.1.2; Mura Sommella 1993, p. 226, fig. 5; Mertens-Horn 1997; Parisi Presicce 1997, p. 173, fig. 10; Winter 2009a, p. 381, 5.E.1.b, fig. 5.36; Mura Sommella 2011
Publication record: Ancora sulla decorazione plastica del tempio arcaico del Foro Boario: statue e acroteri. Author: Mura Sommella, A.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 225-232 Early Rome III: Fortifications, domestic architecture, sanctuaries, stratigraphic excavations. Author: Gjerstad, E.. Place of publication: Lund. Publication Date: 1960 Eracle e Dionisio nella decorazione figurata del tempio arcaico di S. Omobono: un' ipotesi eterodossa. Author: Parisi Presicce, C.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles II. Place of publication: Amsterdam. Publication Date: 1997. Pages: 167-177 Herakles, Leukothea e Palaimon sul tempio arcaico del Foro Boario di Roma. Author: Mertens-Horn, M.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles II. Place of publication: Amsterdam. Publication Date: 1997. Pages: 143-148 L'area sacra di S. Omobono: la decorazione architettonica del tempio arcaico. Author: Sommella Mura, A.. Journal and volume number: PP 32. Publication Date: 1977. Pages: 62-128 La dea col tutulo dal tempio arcaico del Foro Boario. Author: Mura Sommella, A.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles IV. Place of publication: Oxford. Publication Date: 2011. Pages: 177-187 La grande Roma dei Tarquini. Author: Cristofani, M. (ed.). Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1990 Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009
Associated elements: 15811, 15855, 15809; Herakles & Athena statues from introduction into Olympus
Type of decoration: Group of Ariadne & Dionysos
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium Comunale
Mouldmade: no
Height: 10
Width: 16
MPD: 13.5
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4-10YR 6/3
Condition: 3 joining fragments
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