Comparanda: CAERE: ANDRÉN 1940, P. NO. III:13, PL. 15:59 & NARCE, NO. I, PL. 57:189
Remarks: FRAGMENT OF ANTEFIX PLAQUE DECORATED WITH SILEN HEAD IN RELIEF, WEARING POSSIBLE DIADEM ABOVE HAIR IN POSSIBLE SPIRAL LOCKS. MOUSTACHE & BEARD. TORUS SURROUNDING HEAD, PAINTED WITH DIAGONAL BANDS IN RED/WHITE/BLACK, TAPERS IN WIDTH TOWARDS BOTTOM. BASE RECESSED. OVAL STRUT ON BACK CONNECTING PLAQUE TO COVER TILE TOP.
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 498, NO. I:6; DIE WELT DER ETRUSKER 1988, P. 180, B 6.9
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988
Type of decoration: SILEN HEAD
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 25.7
Width: 17.6
MPD: 13
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: CREAM-BROWN SLIP 10YR 7/3. RED 7.5R 3/4 ON ALTERNATE INNER BANDS ON STRIGILS, ALTERNATE DIAGONAL BANDS ON TORUS & ON ROUNDED DIADEM?, HAIR, EAR OUTLINE, MOUSTACHE, SQUARE ON BEARD TOP CENTER, TOP BAND & SQUARES ON BASE MEANDER. BLACK STRIGIL OUTLINES & ALTERNATE CENTRAL BANDS, OUTLINES OF TORUS AND ALTERNATE BANDS, OUTLINE OF DIADEM AND ALTERNATE BANDS, EYES & BROWS, BEARD, BOTTOM SQUARES ON BASE MEANDER. PINK LIPS 7.5R 6/4
Condition: BROKEN AROUND OUTER EDGES; MISSING MOST OF SHELL
