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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