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1180, Caere, "Manganello" temple

  • Record number: 1180
  • Site: Caere
  • Building or zone: "Manganello" temple
  • Position: Eaves
  • Roof element: Antefixes, heads
  • Comparanda: Pensabene & Sanzi Di Mino 1983, types 32-40
  • Remarks: Antefix plaque with head of young Silen wearing wreath of ivy leaves & berries, above thick wavy hair falling across low forehead and alongside face with heavy features. Below neck, paws of nebris with knot at center, and narrow bottom border. Curved cover tile with square strut ending in rounded projection with indentation in top
  • Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 63, No. VI:B:1, Pl. 21:74; Helbig4 III, p. 538, No. 2570; Moretti 1970, p. 84, fig. 53
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
    Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
  • Associated elements: 56502
  • Type of decoration: Young Silen head in ivy leaf wreath
  • Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 56501
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 30.5
  • Width: 19.9
  • MPD: 28.9
  • Clay: 10YR 7/3
  • Paint: Cream slip 10YR 7/3, blue-gray ivy leaves 2.5YR N5/, orange-red fillet & dots on berries, lips, bottom border 10R 4/6, gold beads 10YR 6/6, red-pink hair & chiton edge 10R 4/3
  • Height face: 13.3
  • Distance outer eyes: 9.3
  • Width nose bottom: 3.6
  • Width mouth: 4.6
  • Height antefix base: 1.5
  • Width antefix base: 18.2
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