18, Caere
- Record number: 18
- Site: Caere
- Position: Eaves
- Roof element: Antefixes, heads
- Comparanda: 10 similar examples known with H 43-49.5 cm: Vatican 13978; Copenhagen NCG, HIN 70 (H. 250), London BM, 1893 (B621), 1863 (B622), Philadelphia, University Museum MS 1802, MS 1803, MS 1826, New York MMA GR 1040
- Remarks: Antefix with female head wearing diadem, large earrings, drapery, surrounded by floral shell with 3 upright palmettes alternating with 2 lotus flowers. W double volutes 20.4
- Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 57-58, No. IV:6; Turfa 2005, p. 258, no. 289 (dated later 4th cent. B.C.)
- Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - Associated elements: Silen head antefixes MS 1804, MS 1805
- Type of decoration: Female head wearing diadem, large earrings, drapery/floral shell frame
- Current Collection: University Museum: MS 1802
- Mouldmade: yes
- Height: 47.8
- Width: 48.5
- Clay: 10YR 7/3
- Paint: Red ground 7.5R 5/6, dark red hair, drapery, lotus & palmette calyxes 5R 4/4
- Condition: Face is plaster cast
- Mouldmade decoration: No
- Painted decoration only: No
- Height floral element: 15.5
- Width palmette: 19.5
- Width lotus: 23.5
- Type shell: Floral
- Width shell: 16
- Height antefix base: 6
- Width antefix base: 23.6
- Width strut: 6.8
- Inner H cover tile: 9.4
- Outer H cover tile: 11.2
- Inner W cover tile: 16.9
- Outer W cover tile: 19.1
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