5921, Palestrina

Record number: 5921
Site: Palestrina
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Lunghezza; Rusellae
Remarks: Female head antefix with tall diadem and disk earrings. No strut.
Bibliography: Van Buren 1921a, p. 16, Pl. XI:2; Andrén 1940, p. 375, no. II:1, Pl. 116:407; Winter 1978, p. 40, Pl. 16:5; Winter 2009a, pp. 348-349, 5.C.3.c, fig. 5.14
Publication record: Archaic architectural terracottas decorated with human heads
Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Figurative terracotta revetments in Etruria and Latium in the VI. and V. cent. B.C.
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Female head with tall diadem and disk earrings
Current Collection: American Academy in Rome: 01172
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 20
Width: 16
MPD: 8.4
Clay: 7.5YR 7/6
Paint: Red hair, lips, ear outline, disk earring, alternating stripes on diadem 10R 4/4.
Height head: 14.8
Height face: 12.5
Distance outer eyes: 7.7
Width nose bottom: 3
Width mouth: 3.6

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