Remarks: Unknown roof element representing a Siren. Finished front and back with 2 holes for suspension(?). Missing tail. Small. Hollow, handmade. Contemporary with large acroteria. Upper lip wider. H wing 5, Th 1.3. Diam holes 1.
Bibliography: Vagnetti 1971, pp. 26-27, no. 1, pl. 1; Pallottino, Saggi di Antichità, vol. 3, Pl. XXXVI.3; Opgenhaffen 2011, fig. 10:a
Publication record: Il deposito votivo di Campetti a Veio (Materiale degli scavi 1937-1938). Author: Vagnetti, L.. Place of publication: Firenze. Publication Date: 1971 Sirens on the roof: Identification of terracotta bird-women in Central Italy. Author: Opgenhaffen, L.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles IV. Place of publication: Oxford. Publication Date: 2011. Pages: 50-61
Type of decoration: Siren
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: no
Height: 22.7
Width: 16.4
MPD: 6
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4(?)
Paint: Red-purple front of dress and legs 10R 3/2. Brown back 5YR 4/3. Skin and tail ground 7.5YR 5/4 (dirty). On back, black hair with cream headband indicated in paint only, below red-brown. On front below drapery, tail paint with pattern of lozenges alternating red and black.
