6177, Satricum, Temple of Mater Matuta II

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Record number: 6177
Site: Satricum
Building or zone: Temple of Mater Matuta II
Roof element: Antefixes, full figure
Remarks: Full-figure antefix of Typhon. 3 joining fragments preserving upper chest and parts of arms, plus head. Pieces broken from both sides of head. H face hairline - lips 7.1, hairline - bottom of beard 11.2. Back flat with area behind head and chest deeply hollowed, smoothly finished. Possible scar for strut near bottom break.
Bibliography: Della Seta 1918, p. 261; Andrén 1940, p. CIXXX, 469, No. II:11, Pl. 146:509; Riis 1981, p. 33, 15H; Knoop 1981, pp. 318-; Satricum: una città latina 1982, pp. 68-; Niew licht 1985, no. 75; La grande Roma 1990, pp. 242-243, 9.6.70
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Etruscan types of heads
La grande Roma dei Tarquini
Le antefisse di Satricum
Museo di Villa Giulia
Niew licht op een oude stad: Italiaanse en Nederlandse opgravingen in Satricum
Satricum: Una città latina. Catalogo della mostra, Latina
Type of decoration: Typhon
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: NN 1.2
Height: 18.5
Width: 30
MPD: 8.7
Clay: 10YR 8/3
Paint: Skin painted brown 10YR 6/4-5/4. Black: hair and beard (with white vertical stripes to pointed ends), eyebrows, lids and pupils. Red dot on right cheek 10R 4/4. Brown-red moustache and probably pappus on beard below lips. Inside of right ear cream with black lines.
Distance outer eyes: 5.2
Width nose bottom: 2.1
Width mouth: 2.7R

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