920, Rome, S. Omobono 2nd phase temple
- Record number: 920
- Site: Rome
- Building or zone: S. Omobono 2nd phase temple
- Position: Pedimental apex
- Roof element: Acroteria, human statues
- Comparanda: Statues from Veii, Satricum
- Remarks: Hollow, handmande 3/4 life-size statue of Herakles wearing tunic & lion-skin, attached at left to right shoulder & bent arm of Athena statue preserving right breast & fold of drapery. Tunic with edge at neck, sleeves ending above elbow, skirt pointed at bottom between legs. Over tunic, lion-skin over shoulders, paws tied on chest, passing under arms & falling in long flaps alongside legs. Over skin, raised section (H 21) passing under arms at right side, with curved edge, & belt at front with square buckle. Large hollow torso with hollow arms & legs attached after being separately modelled. Skirt then attached over legs, leaving triangular hollow below front & back. No inner struts. Walls of varying thickness (top back 1.8, top chest 1.3, top of right leg 2.4, left leg 1.8). W shoulders at bottom of lion-skin 37, MPL left arm 38, H buckle to left knee 44, W knee 9.8, D 10.8.
- Bibliography: Sommella Mura 1977a, pp. 99-119, figs. 24, 41-44; Sommella Mura 1977b, pp. 1-4; Enea nel Lazio 1981, pp. 121-122 C3; La grande Roma 1990, pp. 119-120 5.1.1 (a-c);Mura Sommella 1993, p. 226, fig. 4; Parisi Presicce 1997, p. 175, fig. 13; Winter 2009a, pp. 379-380, 5.E.1.a, fig. 5.34, Ill. 5.16.2
- Publication record: Ancora sulla decorazione plastica del tempio arcaico del Foro Boario: statue e acroteri
Enea nel Lazio: archeologia e mito
Eracle e Dionisio nella decorazione figurata del tempio arcaico di S. Omobono: un' ipotesi eterodossa
L' "introduzione di Ercole nell'Olimpo" in un gruppo arcaico di terracotta dall'area sacra di S. Omobono
L'area sacra di S. Omobono: la decorazione architettonica del tempio arcaico
La grande Roma dei Tarquini
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C. - Associated elements: 16163, 16167; Athena statue 16161, 16117, 14194; base 15853, 15996
- Type of decoration: Herakles & Athena from introduction into Olympus
- Current Collection: Antiquarium Comunale: 14914 + 16160
- Mouldmade: no
- Height: 75
- Width: 55
- MPD: 22.2
- Paint: Gold-brown lion skin & paws 7.5YR 5/6, red-brown on bottom edge of skirt & skin of legs & right arm 2.5YR 4/6, black
- Condition: Joined from many fragments, preserved from neck to left knee. Missing right arm & lower left
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