855, Rome, Esquiline/Via dei Serpenti

Record number: 855
Site: ROME
Building or zone: ESQUILINE/VIA DEI SERPENTI
Position: EAVES
Roof element: ANTEFIXES, HEADS
Remarks: MALE HEAD WITH ERECT ANIMAL EARS, WEARING WREATH OF IVY-LEAVES & 2 GOLD-BROWN BERRY CLUSTERS, BOUND WITH TAENIA. FACE PAINTED DARK RED-PURPLE OVER CREAM SLIP. RED-PURPLE ON HEADBAND & RIBBON FOLDS OVER EARS. CREAM HAIR. DEEPLY MODELLED AND FAIRLY CLEAR MOULD. BACK CONCAVE & SLIPPED CREAM WITH SCAR FROM STRUT AT TOP. BOTTOM BREAK AT POINT WHERE COVER TILE BEGINS.
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, PP. 345-346, NO. II:1, PL. 107:385 (BOTTOM WITH BEARD NOW MISSING)
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Type of decoration: SILEN HEAD
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium Comunale
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 19.9
Width: 24.8
MPD: 8.5
Clay: 7.5YR 5/4
Paint: CREAM 10YR 8/3, RED-PURPLE 10R 3/4, GOLD-BROWN 10YR 5/4
Condition: PRESERVES UPPER PART OF HEAD
Distance outer eyes: 9.2
Width nose bottom: 3.6
Height strut: 4.1
Width strut: 8.5

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