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431, Caere?

  • Record number: 431
  • Site: CAERE?
  • Position: CORNER
  • Roof element: ACROTERIA, ANIMAL STATUES
  • Remarks: SMALL FEMALE HEAD WITH DEEP SCALLOP LOCKS, ARCHING SHARPLY DOWN FROM FOREHEAD. ALMOND-SHAPED EYES WITH MOULDED LIDS. BACK ROUGHLY HOLLOWED. POSSIBLY HEAD OF A SPHINX LATERAL ACROTERION.
  • Bibliography: WINTER 2009A, PP. 474-475, 6.E.3.A, ILL. 6.21; CHRISTIANSEN & WINTER 2010, PP. 145-146, NO. 69
  • Publication record: Etruria I. Architectural terracottas and painted wall plaques, pinakes c. 625-200 BC.Catalogue, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Author: Christiansen, J. & N.A. Winter. Place of publication: Copenhagen. Publication Date: 2010
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009
    The Caprifico roof in its wider context. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: Il tempio arcaico di Caprifico di Torrecchia. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2010. Pages: 113-122
  • Associated elements: HIN 720-721
  • Type of decoration: FEMALE HEAD (SPHINX?)
  • Last Recorded Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
  • Mouldmade: NO
  • Height: 6.7
  • Width: 10.5
  • MPD: 4.4
  • Clay: 5YR 6/6
  • Paint: CREAM SKIN 10YR 7/3, BLACK
  • Condition: SMALL FRAGMENT OF TOP OF HEAD
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