1889, Caere, Vigna Marini Vitalini

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Record number: 1889
Site: Caere
Building or zone: Vigna Marini Vitalini
Position: Pediment
Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
Comparanda: Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Remarks: Head of hollow, handmade figure of bearded warrior wearing Attic helmet with cheekpieces; beard & moustache. Lower crest decorated with latticework, with red dots in center of each square and red bands at top and bottom, and palmette. Left side more finished than right
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 40, No. II:18a, Pl. 10:35; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, pp. 170-172, B 6.1.19; Lulof 2008, p. 202, fig. 9; Winter 2009a, pp. 463-466, 6.D.6
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder
Le amazzoni e i guerrieri di Vigna Marini-Vitalini. La ricostruzione di un frontone "straordinario"
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Associated elements: TC 6681.7 (2) + 6681.8 (1), 6681.7 (3, 4, 5, 6), 6681.8 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 6681.11c (1, 2)
Type of decoration: Bearded warrior head in Attic helmet
Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 6681.7 (1)
Mouldmade: no
Height: 9.5
Width: 5.7
MPD: 8.2
Clay: 7.5YR 6/6
Paint: Cream 10YR 8/4 on crest & around eyes, below red. Red 2.5YR 4/8 skin, lips, top & bottom of lower crest, dots inside latticework. Brown 7.5YR 6/6 helmet. Gray 5YR 4/1 helmet front & cheekpieces. Black eyes, inner details of palmette alongside crest, latticework on lower crest, spiral on helmet side, latticework on cheekpiece, beard & moustache
Condition: Broken through neck
Distance outer eyes: 3.4
Width nose bottom: 1
Width mouth: 1.1

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