3774, Tarquinia, Basamento Semicircolare

Record number: 3774
Site: Tarquinia
Building or zone: Basamento Semicircolare
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: 2831, 5045, 5046, 5049, 2595bis, Philadelphia, University Museum MS 1823 or 1828(?).
Remarks: Fragment of lower part of Acheloos head antefix with beard that falls in neatly sculpted flat strands, curving towards the center at the bottom. A long moustache frames the upper lip and reaches almost to the side edges of the beard. Below the mouth is a raised section of hair, a pappus, overlapping the main beard. At the right side is preserved part of the roll encircling the head, ending in a volute. Small cover tile scar from inside
Bibliography: Romanelli 1948, p. 218, no. 1; Cataldi 1993, p. 214, no. 40, fig. 32 right; Scavo nello scavo 2004, p. 82, no. I.e.19; Winter 2006c, p. 135.
Publication record: Le terrecotte architettoniche arcaiche di Tarquinia: scambi e modelli
Scavo nello scavo. Gli Etruschi non visti
Tarquinia. Scavi e ricerche nell'area della città
Terrecotte arcaiche e tardo-arcaiche da Tarquinia
Type of decoration: Acheloos head
Current Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale: 2595
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 9
Width: 12
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
Paint: Red lips and volute. Black beard.
Condition: Lower central part of antefix with finished bottom edge
Width mouth: 2.6
Inner H cover tile: 6.3
Inner W cover tile: 8

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