7333, Caere(?)

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Record number: 7333
Site: Caere(?)
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Same general type as Cp 5185 and same scale; probably from same mould although this face wider.Copenhagen NCG HIN 47, HIN 894, HIN 900, HIN 901, HIN 902; Berlin TC 6681.4 (9); Leipzig TK 366; Paris Louvre Cp 5185; Rome La Sapienza M 275; Rome MNR 380163, 380164, perhaps also 380162; possibly also Tübingen S/10 2240; Vatican 13846
Remarks: Female head antefix. Well preserved including much of cover tile. Eyes painted. Hair has scalloped edge and central part, painted black with white wavy lines; below ears, 2 round rolls with vertical white wavy lines. Necklace of upper row of dots, alternating black and red. Below, black stripe with red cross stripes. Cover tile overhang of plaque H 4.3-4.6. Top of cover tile painted. D front of head 8.1, D beige band 1.1, D black band 1.1, D beige band 2, red-brown, MPD 9 without end. Squared chin below mouth.
Bibliography: Winter 2009a, pp. 428-429, 6.C.2.a
Publication record: Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Female head
Current Collection: Musée du Louvre: Cp 4055
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 16.8
Width: 14.9
MPD: 22.5
Clay: 2.5YR 5/6
Paint: Purple-red dot earrings 5R 3/2. Gray-brown pupils 2.5YR 5/2 & lips. Black ear outline. Cream slip 10YR 7/4. Red-brown on cover tile 10R 4/2.
Condition: Nose bottom broken.
Height face: 12
Distance outer eyes: 8.1
Width nose bottom: 3.1
Outer H cover tile: 14.5
Outer W cover tile: 15
Thickness tile: 2

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