6814, Pyrgi

Record number: 6814
Site: Pyrgi
Roof element: Acroteria, human statues
Remarks: Fragment of acroterion of Amazon, preserving torso from shoulders to top of leg. Hollow, handmade. Dressed in short chiton with black paint at sleeve edge and on right shoulder; 3 triangles below left breast. Around back, lion-skin with lumps of spinal hair tufts, tied around waist with paw over right hip.
Bibliography: Pyrgi 1970, figs. 236.4 & 237
Publication record: Pyrgi. Scavi nel santuario etrusco (1959-1967)
Type of decoration: Amazon torso
Current Collection: Antiquarium di Pyrgi: 3444
Mouldmade: no
Height: 13.6
Width: 14.3
MPD: 7.6
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: Cream paint 10YR 8/3. Black

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