4886, Lanuvium

Record number: 4886
Site: Lanuvium
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Remarks: Silen head antefix. Beside face are clusters of ivy-berries and large rosette. Diam rosette 4.9. Th plaque 2.4.
Bibliography: Walters 1903, p. 424, D729; Andrén 1940, p. 427, no. II:2
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum. Author: Walters, H.B.. Place of publication: London. Publication Date: 1903
Associated elements: D730
Type of decoration: Silen head
Last Recorded Collection: British Museum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 15.2
Width: 17.2
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4(plaque break) 10YR 7/3 (tile scar)
Paint: Brown slip 10YR 6/3. Brick red on rosette and base 7.5YR 4/6. Dark red on beard 7.5R 3/2. Brown on cheek and lips 2.5YR 5/4. Gold on berries, rosette center 10YR 5/6.
Condition: Preserves lower left corner of plaque and scar from curved cover tile on back, right cheek, mouth, beard, berry clusters above rosette, base.
Height antefix base: 3.4

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