4924, Alte Valli del Fiora dell'Albegna

Record number: 4924
Site: Alte Valli del Fiora dell'Albegna
Roof element: Moulds
Comparanda: Cast equal to Andrén 1940, p. 506, Pl. 158:536 dated 500-300 B.C. and attributed to Orvieto, with beaded headband.
Remarks: Mould for female head antefix with shell frame. Sharply curved floral shell, W 11.7, with 5 palmettes alternating with small lotuses (H 8.5), leaves of which project beyond floral band onto flat outer edge. S-spirals flanking pendent bud below 5-leaf palmettes. D relief palmette leaf 0.9. Back smoothly finished with central depression W 10 with 4 round struts to edge, as handles, now broken away. Th edge 4.
Bibliography: Donati & Michelucci 1991, p. 230, no. 559
Publication record: La collezione Ciacci nel Museo Archeologico di Grosetto
Type of decoration: Female head in floral shell frame
Current Collection: Museo Archeologico della Maremma: 99784
Mouldmade: no
Height: 32.5
Width: 43
MPD: 8
Clay: 10YR 8/3
Height head: 13.5
Height palmette: 9.5
Width palmette: 10
Height lotus: 8.5
Width shell: 11.7

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