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5630, Orvieto, Belvedere

  • Record number: 5630
  • Site: Orvieto
  • Building or zone: Belvedere
  • Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
  • Remarks: Head from pedimental sculpture of old man, "the seer." Meniskos hole, Diam 1.1. Opening through neck. Hollow, handmade. Pupils pierced. In hand, between index and 3rd fingers, curling strands of beard.
  • Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 174-175, no. II:6, Pl. 66:214; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983, p. 134, Pl. 197; La civiltà degli Etruschi 1985, pp. 376-377, 16.1.6; Cristofani 1985b, pp. 9-11, fig. 18; Gens Budapest 1989, pp. 96-98, no. 3.6; Gens New York 1991, pp. 268-271, no. 6.3; Stopponi 2003, pp. 250, 257, fig. 10
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
    Faone, la testa di Orfeo e l'immaginario femminile
    Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia
    Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a New York
    I templi e l'architettura templare
    La civiltà degli Etruschi
    The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture
  • Type of decoration: Old man, "the seer"
  • Current Collection: Museo Civico: 1348
  • Mouldmade: no
  • Height: 16.4
  • Width: 10.2
  • MPD: 14.2
  • Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
  • Paint: Red skin, left ear, lips, underside of hand 10R 5/6. White eyelashes painted over red, white hair and beard, 2 teeth 10YR 8/2.
  • Height head: 14.5
  • Distance outer eyes: 5.8
  • Width nose bottom: 2
  • Width mouth: 2.5
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