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. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972 Les Etrusques et l'Europe. Exhibition, Paris-Berlin 1992-1993. Place of publication: Paris. Publication Date: 1992
Type of decoration: Gorgoneion
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
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.
