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5636, Orvieto, Cannicella

  • Record number: 5636
  • Site: ORVIETO
  • Building or zone: CANNICELLA
  • Roof element: ANTEFIXES, HEADS
  • Comparanda: ANTEFIXES FROM SAME MOULD FROM VIA S. LEONARDO IN ORVIETO (ANDRÉN 1940, P. 162, NO. I:7, PL. 62:202)
  • Remarks: FEMALE HEAD ANTEFIX. H DIADEM 2.5. DIAM EARRING 1.8. WELL-PRESERVED PAINT. ON BACK, COVER TILE AT BOTTOM. HEAD SLIGHTLY HOLLOWED BEHIND.
  • Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 190, NO. II:5, PL. 71:237; ANDRÉN 1968, PP. 21-22, NO. 14, PL. 25 (2 EXAMPLES); SANTUARI D'ETRURIA 1985, P. 119, 6.1.A.5; GENS BUDAPEST 1989, PP. 90-93, NO. 3.2, WITH COLOR PLATE
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
    Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia. Author: Roncalli, F. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1989
    Il santuario della necropoli di Cannicella ad Orvieto. Author: Andrén, A.. Journal and volume number: StEtr 35. Publication Date: 1968. Pages: 19-85
    Santuari d'Etruria. Author: Colonna, G. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985
  • Type of decoration: FEMALE HEAD
  • Last Recorded Collection: Museo Civico
  • Mouldmade: YES
  • Height: 25.1
  • Width: 20.3
  • MPD: 11.7
  • Clay: 7.5YR 7/4(?)
  • Paint: BLACK HAIR, DECORATION ON BULLAE (3 HORIZONTAL STRIPES) DECORATION ON BASE (BATTLEMENT PATTERN), DIADEM TOP, EYES. RED-BROWN DIADEM FRONT, EARRINGS, NECKLACE, ABOVE ZIGZAG PATTERN ON UPPER SIDE OF BASE, LIPS(?), GROUND ON SHELL BELOW SCROLLS 10R 3/4.
  • Height face: 9.5
  • Distance outer eyes: 5.7
  • Width mouth: 2.1
  • Height antefix base: 4
  • Width antefix base: 19
  • Height strut: 12
  • Width strut: 3.2
  • Depth strut: 3.2
  • Inner H cover tile: 8
  • Outer H cover tile: 9.2
  • Inner W cover tile: 12
  • Outer W cover tile: 18.5
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