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5643, Orvieto, Macerato (sporadic find)

  • Record number: 5643
  • Site: ORVIETO
  • Building or zone: MACERATO (SPORADIC FIND)
  • Roof element: PEDIMENTAL SCULPTURE(?)
  • Comparanda: SCULPTURE FROM TEMPLE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA
  • Remarks: HEAD OF BEARDED OLD MAN FROM PEDIMENTAL SCULPTURE(?). MOUTH DEEPLY HOLLOWED, NO TEETH INDICATED. RECEDING HAIRLINE, BEARD HAS WAVY INCISED LINES. SOLID, HANDMADE.
  • Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 196, NO. I:4, PL. 73:250; STOPPONI 1993, FIGS. 11-12
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
    Terrecotte architettoniche da Orvieto. Author: Stopponi, S.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 153-162
  • Type of decoration: BEARDED OLD MAN
  • Last Recorded Collection: Museo Civico
  • Mouldmade: NO
  • Height: 9
  • Width: 7.2
  • MPD: 9
  • Clay: 10YR 7/3
  • Paint: PINK SKIN 10R 6/4. GRAY BEARD, MOUSTACHE, EYES 10YR 6/1. WHITE HAIR.
  • Distance outer eyes: 4.6
  • Width nose bottom: 1.8
  • Width mouth: 2.1
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