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4179, Chiusi

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  • Record number: 4179
  • Site: Chiusi
  • Roof element: Antefixes, heads
  • Comparanda: Reminiscent of Archaic antefixes Andrén 1940, Chiusi no. I:3
  • Remarks: Female head antefix with head rising from double cup of acanthus leaves and surrounded by shell of flowers and foliage, now broken away. Scar of cover tile.
  • Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 258, no. II:5, nos. 3003, 3004
  • 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: Museo Archeologico
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 30
  • Width: 25.2
  • MPD: 10.4
  • Clay: 2.5YR 5/4
  • Paint: Traces of blue on leaves, red on lotus.
  • Height head: 15.9
  • Height face: 14.4
  • Distance outer eyes: 8.3
  • Width nose bottom: 3
  • Width mouth: 3.8
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Last updated 07/08/2012 16:14:00 by Nancy Winter. Created 09/07/2012 12:39:00 by Nancy Winter. Approved by Nancy Winter. Copyright © 2003-2025 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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