3, Gabii

Record number: 3
Site: Gabii
Position: Ridge end
Roof element: Acroteria, central
Comparanda: Satricum
Remarks: Relief plaque with winged female with lower body of bird, legs pulled up, flanked by spiral frame. Front spirals in relief, back flat & painted with spirals. On head, pointed cap & diadem (H 2.5). Th plaque 2.3, + relief 13. MPH Harpy 36.2
Bibliography: Stefani 1942, pp. 374-382, figs. 1-9; Zaccagni 1990, p. 74, no. 36; Danner 1993a, p. 97, fig. 8; Opgenhaffen 2011, fig. 9:d
Publication record: Akroterio fittile a figura di Arpia o Sirena
Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens
Gabi. Frammenti di un acroterio con figura di Arpia
Sirens on the roof: Identification of terracotta bird-women in Central Italy
Associated elements: Typhon acroterion: MNR 383725
Type of decoration: Siren with spiral frame
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Romano: 383726
Mouldmade: No
Height: 43.2
Width: 62
MPD: 13
Clay: 2.5YR 6/4 = surface paint
Paint: red-brown 5YR 4/4-2.5YR 4/6
Height head: 8.9
Height face: 5.2
Distance outer eyes: 4.2
Width nose bottom: 1.5
Width mouth: 1.8

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