257, Capua, Curti
- Record number: 257
- Site: Capua
- Building or zone: Curti
- Roof element: Mould patrix?
- Comparanda: London, BM (formerly Victoria & Albert Museum) 1982 10-5.13: PCIA 2 (1974) 196 Pl. 73. For lack of tile backer, cf. Ashmolean Museum Potnia theron
- Remarks: No tile backer = mould patrix? Fairly crisp details. Thick raised band around edges, rounded across top. Above horizontal base, row of moulded strigils. Recessed above this is flat narrow band rising at center into banded volutes with moulded eyes. On top of volutes, forepaws of 2 sphinx bodies, shown in profile in heraldic pose, with shared frontal female head in polos. Tails rise from haunches & curve up & out, ending in down-turned oval end.
- Bibliography: Koch 1912, p. 53, Pl. 12.3 (wrongly numbered H.33); Johannowsky 1983, 75, No. 393, Pl. 47.d; Fischer-Hansen 1992, p. 196, No. 148
- Publication record: Catalogue. Campania, South Italy and Sicily. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Dachterrakotten aus Campanien
Materiali di età arcaica dalla Campania - Type of decoration: Double sphinx
- Current Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: HIN 157 (H.38)
- Height: 25.8
- Width: 27.2
- Clay: orange-brown
- Paint: Light brown surface
- Condition: complete
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