6616, Veii, Portonaccio sanctuary

Record number: 6616
Site: Veii
Building or zone: Portonaccio sanctuary
Position: Pediment
Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaques
Remarks: Fragment of columen/mutulus plaque preserving warrior head. Hollow, Th wall 2. 2 holes in top of head for attaching crest, Diam 1.5. H helmet, cheekpiece to crest 10.9. Wavy hair on bare shoulders. Flat, finished back, therefore was seen with body frontal, head in profile to left.
Bibliography: Santangelo 1952, fig. 18; Helbig4 III, pp. 530-531, no. 2558; Prima Italia 1980-1981, no. 89; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983, pp. 113-114, Pl. 125; Etruschi, le antiche metropoli 2008, p. 203, 9
Publication record: Etruschi, le antiche metropoli del Lazio
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
Prima Italia: Arts italiques du premier millénaire avant J.C. Exhibition, 5 novembre 1980-4 janvier 1981
The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture
Veio. Santuario "di Apollo". Scavi fra il 1944 e il 1949
Type of decoration: Helmeted warrior head
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 39749
Mouldmade: no
Height: 24
Width: 20.2
MPD: 13.5
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
Paint: Brown slip on helmet 10YR 7/3. Black moustache, beard, eyelids. Brown-red edges of helmet.
Height face: 10.4
Distance outer eyes: 7.1
Width nose bottom: 2.7
Width mouth: 3.5

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