6603, Veii, Portonaccio sanctuary
- Record number: 6603
- Site: Veii
- Building or zone: Portonaccio sanctuary
- Position: Eaves
- Roof element: Antefixes, heads
- Remarks: Gorgoneion antefixes with strigil shell frame. Both Gorgoneion antefixes are larger than silen/female/Acheloos head antefixes. MPL of tile and plaque 76.2. D shell 7.7. L central strigil 14.8, W top 5.5, bottom 3.6. MPH top snakes 9.2. Handmade and slightly different in details of rendering from 2456: no wrinkles above eyebrows, different wrinkles on cheeks, extra snakes at neck.
- Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 6, no. 2, Pl. 1:2; Les Etrusques et l'Europe 1992, no. 166; Helbig4 III, pp.527-528, no. 2555
- Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
Les Etrusques et l'Europe. Exhibition, Paris-Berlin 1992-1993 - Type of decoration: Gorgoneion
- Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 2499(?), 2340(?)
- Mouldmade: no
- Height: 47.5
- Width: 44.4
- MPD: 80.2
- Paint: Snakes alternating light brown iwht black v's, black with cream dots. Top horizontal stripe on base red-black, then cream, bottom black.
- Height strigil: 14.8
- Width strigil: 5.5-3.6
- Height face: 19.6
- Distance outer eyes: 10.8
- Width nose bottom: 4.6
- Width mouth: 11.6
- Type shell: Strigil
- Height strigil: 14.8
- Width strigil: 5.5-3.6
- Height antefix base: 4.3
- Width antefix base: 21.5
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