3426, Poggio Civitate, Southeast Building/OC2/Workshop

Record number: 3426
Site: POGGIO CIVITATE
Building or zone: SOUTHEAST BUILDING/OC2/WORKSHOP
Position: EAVES
Roof element: LATERAL SIMAS
Comparanda: TECHNICALLY SIMILAR TO ANTEFIX 68-215.
Remarks: FELINE WATERSPOUT WITH FINISHED EDGES AT TOP OF HEAD AND ALONG CHEEKS AND MOUTH. SCAR FOR BREAKS AT EITHER SIDE OF HEAD, H 5.5. BLUNT SNOUT. INSIDE HOLLOW, CURVED.
Bibliography: PHILLIPS 1993, P. 59, FIG. 66; E. NIELSEN 1987, PP. 102, 104-105 (MOULD TYPE III), FIGS. 50-53; WINTER 2009A, P. 80, 2.B.1.A
Publication record: In the hills of Tuscany. Recent excavations at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena). Author: Phillips, K.M., Jr.. Place of publication: Philadelphia. Publication Date: 1993
Some preliminary thoughts on old and new terracottas. Author: Nielsen, E.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 16. Publication Date: 1987. Pages: 91-119
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009
Type of decoration: FELINE HEAD
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 12.5
Width: 12.1
MPD: 5
Clay: 2.5YR 5/8
Paint: TRACES OF ORANGE-BROWN PAINT 5YR 6/6.
Distance outer eyes: 7.6
Width nose bottom: 2.3
Width mouth: 9.7

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