6570, Veii, Portonaccio sanctuary

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Record number: 6570
Site: Veii
Building or zone: Portonaccio sanctuary
Position: Ridge
Roof element: Acroteria, human statues
Remarks: Ridge acroterion of Hermes/Mercury/Turms, preserving head in winged petasos. Hollow, handmade. Th wall 2. H hat edge 4.2. Petasos wing MPL 9, W 6.7 top, 9 base.
Bibliography: Santangelo 1952, p. 149, figs. 3-4; Helbig4 III, pp. 529-530; Colonna 1987b, p. 26, figs. 61-62; Cristofani 1978, fig. 69; Proietti 1980, p. 105, figs. 123-125; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983, p. 113, Pls. 122-123; Danner 1993a, p. 101; Etruschi, le antiche metropoli 2008, p. 202, no. 5
Publication record: Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens
Etruschi, le antiche metropoli del Lazio
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
Il Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Il maestro dell'Ercole e della Minerva. Nuova luce sull'attività dell'officina veiente
L'arte degli Etruschi. Produzione e consumo
The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture
Veio. Santuario "di Apollo". Scavi fra il 1944 e il 1949
Type of decoration: Head of Hermes/Mercury/Turms
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 40772, 40778
Mouldmade: no
Height: 33
Width: 32
MPD: 28.1
Clay: 7.5YR 5/4
Paint: Skin dark brown and pupil 2.5YR 2.5/4. Black hair, eyebrows, lids, pupil outline, 2 stripes on chiton. Yellow-brown neck, scale pattern on wing and feathers below, hat front edge 10YR 6/4. Cream chiton, petasos wing 10YR 7/4. Orange-red top edge to petasos rim and entire top 5YR 5/6.
Height head: 18.7
Height face: 16.1
Distance outer eyes: 10.3
Width nose bottom: 3.2
Width mouth: 5.3

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