1455, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Sassi Caduti

Record number: 1455
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Sassi Caduti
Roof element: Antefixes, full figure
Remarks: Group with nude male figure at left, standing, with red skin, & woman in long chiton, himation & boots at right, mounted on plaque (Th 1.5, plus relief 7.2) standing on antefix base with feet projecting beyond base. Semicylindrical cover tile on back
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 117-118, No. II:3
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Associated elements: Antefixes with Silen head in lionskin 12502-12503
Type of decoration: Group of nude male and draped female figures
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 12507
Height: 20
Width: 23
MPD: 16.1
Clay: 10YR 6/4
Paint: Black ground on plaque front & sides & top of base, band across top of base, brown-red skin, brown boots with black central lacing, cream himation with red overpainting, purple chiton with white border
Height antefix base: 3
Width antefix base: 21.5
Depth antefix base: 3.7-4.5
Inner H cover tile: 8.8
Outer H cover tile: 10.5
Inner W cover tile: 13.5
Outer W cover tile: 18.5

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