3545, Poggio Civitate, CA2/Courtyard building
- Record number: 3545
- Site: Poggio Civitate
- Building or zone: CA2/Courtyard building
- Position: Ridge
- Roof element: Acroteria, animal statues
- Comparanda: 68-500
- Remarks: Head, neck and part of sides of another sphinx acroterion. Hollow, handmade. Thick cap of hair over forehead, forming solid mass at back with flat bottom edge. At sides of head, long thick lock ending in backward turning curl, at beginning of wing. Rounded headband encircling head. Hair on crown divided into wide strands, combed back, up to point of headband, below which is flat section. Sharply projecting brows with finger channel below.
- Bibliography: Fullerton 1982, pp. 5-6, no. 2, pl. 4; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p. 112, 3.305; Edlund-Berry 1992, p. 223, B.2; Newland 1994, pp. 30-31. no. 2; Winter 2009a, p. 203, 2.E.2.c
- Publication record: Case e palazzi d'Etruria
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
The akroterial sculpture and architectural terracottas from the Upper Building at Murlo
The seated and standing statue akroteria from Poggio Civitate (Murlo)
The terracotta sphinx akroteria from Poggio Civitate (Murlo) - Type of decoration: Sphinx
- Current Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate: 68-635 110484
- Mouldmade: no
- Height: 32.5R
- Width: 24R
- MPD: 20R
- Clay: Brown with dark gray core
- Distance outer eyes: ca. 7.4
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