123, Tarquinia

Record number: 123
Site: Tarquinia
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: MS 1822, 1823; Tarquinia 1476, 1475; Florence 81790; Sarasota, FL Ringling Museum 28.2112
Remarks: L nose 3.2. Back of head hollowed.
Bibliography: Luce 1921a, p. 274, No. 1; Andrén 1940, p. 69, No. II:4; E. de Grummond 2000-2001, fig. 13; Turfa 2005, pp. 253-254, no. 283 (dated end of 4th-early 3rd cent. B.C.)
Publication record: A group of architectural terra-cottas from Corneto
Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Maenads and meaning: antefixes from Tarquinia in American collections
Associated elements: Female head antefix MS 1819?
Type of decoration: Silen head in floral shell frame
Current Collection: University Museum: MS 1821
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 17.8
Width: 12.5
MPD: 8.3
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
Paint: Red skin & lips 7.5R 4/4
Condition: Only head preserved
Height head: 17.8
Height face: 12.3
Distance outer eyes: 6.5
Width mouth: 2.6

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