Remarks: Head of sphinx acroterion. Hollow, handmade. Small air vents(?) with outer oval shape, but small round opening inside head at top center and center of back of head. Also ears and mouth opened. H ear 6.5, Th wall 2.2. Headband encircles head. Hair parted in 4 sections on top of head. Wavy locks on back of head, cut short across top of neck, while locks along sides of head are long. At forehead, below headband, round nodules. Life size.
Bibliography: Edlund 1985; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, pp. 108-109, 3.280; Bruni et al. 1988, p. 55, fig. 58; Edlund-Berry 1989, p. 29, fig. 20; Edlund-Berry 1992, pp. 187, 223, no. B.3, fig. 99; Phillips 1993, p. 23; Newland 1994, p. 131, no. 347 (identified as a centaur); Winter 2009a, pp. 203-204, 3.E.2.c, figs. 3.36-3.37
Publication record: A terracotta head from Poggio Civitate (Murlo). Author: Edlund, I.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 15. Publication Date: 1985. Pages: 47-53 Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate. Author: Bruni, S. et al.. Place of publication: Firenze. Publication Date: 1988 Case e palazzi d'Etruria. Author: Stopponi, S. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985 Four terracotta heads from Poggio Civitate (Murlo): towards a definition of the `Murlo style'. Author: Edlund-Berry, I.E.M.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 17. Publication Date: 1989. Pages: 21-32 In the hills of Tuscany. Recent excavations at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena). Author: Phillips, K.M., Jr.. Place of publication: Philadelphia. Publication Date: 1993 Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009 The akroterial sculpture and architectural terracottas from the Upper Building at Murlo. Author: Newland, D.M.. Journal and volume number: Diss. Bryn Mawr College. Publication Date: 1994 The seated and standing statue akroteria from Poggio Civitate (Murlo). Author: Edlund-Berry, I.. Journal and volume number: Archaeologica 96. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1992
Type of decoration: Sphinx
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate
