4208

Record number: 4208
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Antefix from Lanuvium in British Museum (Andrén 1940, no. II:1)
Remarks: Bearded Silen head antefix with frame of rosettes and berry clusters. Well preserved paint. H top rosette 4.2. W side rosette 3.7
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 61, no. V:2, Pl. 21:69; Andrén 1980, Pl. XXV.a; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, pp. 305-306, D.4.2 & color plate
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder
Un gruppo di antefisse fittili etrusco-laziali e la questione dell'esistenza di un abitato ostiense anteriore alla colonia romana
Type of decoration: Bearded Silen head in floral shell frame with rosettes/berry clusters
Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 8420
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 23.5
Width: 16.9
MPD: 6.7
Clay: 10YR 7/3
Paint: Red skin, rosette borders, top of head 10R 4/6. Black hair, eyelids, pupils, & on rosettes, outer berry cluster, top front of head. Gold-brown on head band, berry clusters, moustache, beard inset 10YR 6/4. Beard purple 7.5R 4/6.
Condition: 1 fragment
Height head: 15.5+
Height face: 12+
Distance outer eyes: 6.3
Width nose bottom: 2.3
Width mouth: 2.7
Height floral element: 4.2
Width floral element: 3.7
Type shell: Rosettes + berries
Width shell: 5.6

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