3457, Poggio Civitate, T-26/OC2/Workshop

Record number: 3457
Site: Poggio Civitate
Building or zone: T-26/OC2/Workshop
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Remarks: Human head antefix. Eyes have moulded lids. No ears, no neck, triangular pointed nose. Finished chin edge. Single hair strand at sides of face. Hair rendered in well-preserved fine herringbone tresses at sides and probably also top of forehead. H left overhang 3.7.
Bibliography: E. Nielsen 1987 p. 94, fig. 14, p. 99 (mould Type Iia); Winter 2009a, p. 80, 2.B.1.a
Publication record: Some preliminary thoughts on old and new terracottas. Author: Nielsen, E.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 16. Publication Date: 1987. Pages: 91-119
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
Type of decoration: Human head
Last Recorded Collection: Excavation Storerooms
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 9.3
Width: 4.3
MPD: 5.1
Width nose bottom: 2.1
Width mouth: 3.5
Thickness tile: 1.4

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