4221, Orvieto

Record number: 4221
Site: Orvieto
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: TC 7541a (Andrén 1940, no. II:1)
Remarks: Female head antefix. Deeply curved floral shell.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 193, no. II:2, Pl. 72:244
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Type of decoration: Female head
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 28.5
Width: 29
MPD: 12.3
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: White skin and palmette leaves 10YR 8/3. Purple necklace 5R 4/2. Black hair and irises. Red lips and ground inside of half of shell and lotus calyx and chiton 5R 4/6.
Condition: 4 fragments
Height head: 13.3/ 11.6
Height face: 10.8
Distance outer eyes: 5.8
Width mouth: 2.7
Width palmette: 8.7
Type shell: Floral
Width shell: 12
Width fascia: .9
Torus or flat: torus
Height antefix base: 3.5
Width antefix base: est. 15.5
Depth antefix base: 3
Inner H cover tile: 9.1
Outer H cover tile: 11.2
Inner W cover tile: 11.4
Outer W cover tile: 16.1
Thickness tile: 2.1

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