5261

Record number: 5261
Roof element: Antepagmenta
Remarks: Strigil shell antepagmentum of Acheloos head. Head only preserved, part of roll, and small fragment of shell at top. Back hollow. Flat plaque to which head attached with large rounded opening, W 8.7. Th plaque, ca. 2.
Bibliography: Walters 1903, p. 165, B586
Publication record: Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum
Type of decoration: Acheloos head
Current Collection: British Museum: B586
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 23.3
Width: 26.3
Clay: 10YR 7/3
Paint: Red horns, triangle on roll, beard(?) 5R 4/3. Black hair and moustache. White slip on face 10YR 8/2.
Distance outer eyes: 9.5

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