291, Orvieto, sporadic

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Record number: 291
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: sporadic
Position: Pediment
Roof element: Columen plaques
Comparanda: Belvedere pedimental sculpture
Remarks: Torso of female with white skin, wearing painted necklace, chiton, and heavy mantle draped around left breast, falling with deep overfold. Two youths at either side of torso are nude, skin brown. Bodies hollow, back of relief flat. Th plaque 1.8. Nail holes below arms of youths, either side of Harpy/Siren, top left Diam 1.7-2.0. Large vent-hole in middle of Harpy/Siren (Diam 3), probably originally hidden by object set in square opening.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 200, No. III:1, Pl. 76:258; Poulsen 1966, p. 39; Christiansen & Winter 2010, pp. 170-171, no. 77; Opgenhaffen 2011, fig. 10:e
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Etruria I. Architectural terracottas and painted wall plaques, pinakes c. 625-200 BC.Catalogue, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Den Etruskiske Samling
Sirens on the roof: Identification of terracotta bird-women in Central Italy
The Caprifico roof in its wider context
Type of decoration: Harpy or Siren carrying 2 youths
Current Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: HIN 470 (H. 216)
Mouldmade: no
Height: 35
Width: 28
MPD: 8.5
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4-7/4
Paint: White slip 10YR 7/2, brown skin 5YR 5/4, purple-red 7.5R 3/4, black
Condition: No finished edges; missing all heads, outer parts of youths' bodies and legs

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