32, Caere

Record number: 32
Site: Caere
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: MS 1805
Remarks: Antefix with Silen head surrounded by floral shell of 7-leaf palmettes & lotuses in relief. Face more complete than MS 1805. Crisp mould.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 56-57, No. IV:5; Turfa 2005, p. 259, no. 291 (dated later 4th cent. B.C.)
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Associated elements: Female head antefixes MS 1826, MS 1802, MS 1803
Type of decoration: Silen head in floral shell
Current Collection: University Museum: MS 1804
Mouldmade: Yes
Paint: Red 7.5R 5/6 face, ears, lips, eyelids, ground below face, top band & boxes on base; black beard; blue on lotus calyx, red-orange on edge of shell
Condition: Shell mostly restored
Height head: 25.6
Height face: 22.2
Distance outer eyes: 11.6
Width mouth: 8.4
Type shell: Floral
Width shell: 17
Height antefix base: 4
Width antefix base: 23.2

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