1049, Rome, Forum Romanum - Comitium

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Record number: 1049
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Comitium
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Lanuvium (Andrén 1940, p. No. I:2, with shell); Ardea: Andrén 1940, p. 448, No. I:7; Gabii: Almagro Gorbea 1982, p. 178, 294
Remarks: Fragment preserves part of back of head in round, with triple strands of hair to either side of missing face, neck with relief necklace & dress edge with relief disks surrounded by raised band. Cover tile attached to bottom back, painted with black horizontal stripes & red crosses, solid red beside cover tile.
Bibliography: NSc 1900, pp. 307-308, fig. 11; Van Buren 1914, pp. 186-187; Van Buren 1921a, p. 21 (IV, type XX); Colini 1923, pp. 304-305, n. 1, No. 10; Andrén 1940, p. 332, No. I:2 Pl. 105:372; La grande Roma 1990, p. 54, 3.1.4
Publication record: Architectural terracotta ornamentation in Rome from the sixth to the fourth cent. B.C.
Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Figurative terracotta revetments in Etruria and Latium in the VI. and V. cent. B.C.
Indagini sui frontoni dei templi di Roma
La grande Roma dei Tarquini
Type of decoration: Female head in round
Current Collection: Antiquarium forense: 1395
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 27.1
Width: 19.5
MPD: 9.3
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4 with gray core
Paint: Red hair 5R 4/4
Condition: Missing most of face & cover tile
Inner H cover tile: 12.9
Outer H cover tile: 15
Inner W cover tile: 12
Outer W cover tile: 18

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