Remarks: Antefix plaque with female head with wavy hair over forehead and wide flat ears, reworked after moulding, wearing red diadem (H 2.4) with black top & cream edge above headband (H 1). Strigils of shell frame flat with red interstrices, cream with black central band. Torus with red/white/black/white rectangles. Flat band painted white with red edges & central band. Short round strut on back from cover tile to back of plaque. Head hollowed at back, cracked. From the Sermoneta collection
Bibliography: Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, p. 182, B 6.10; Kästner 1993, p. 112, no. 4, fig. 5
Publication record: Architektonische Terrakotten aus der Sammlung der Hergozin von Sermoneta in der Berliner Antikensammlung. Author: Kästner, V.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 109-116 Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988
Type of decoration: Strigil shell/female head wearing diadem
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 18.5
Width: 28.5
MPD: 22.5
Clay: 7.5YR 6/6
Paint: Cream skin 10YR 8/3. Red 7.5R 4/6. Black diadem top, rectangles on torus and hair (overpainted red)
Condition: Broken around shell frame & below chin
Height head: 11.2
Height face: 9.6
Distance outer eyes: 6.2
Width nose bottom: 2.2
Width mouth: 2.7
Type shell: Strigil
Width fascia: 1.3/2.2
Torus or flat: torus/flat
Height strut: 12.5
Width strut: 3.7
Depth strut: 3.5
Thickness tile: 2.1-2.6
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