1809, Rome, Esquiline hill

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Record number: 1809
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Esquiline hill
Position: Pediment
Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
Comparanda: Pyrgi Temple B rider acroterion (Cristofani)
Remarks: Fragmentary small head of Herakles wearing lion-head helmet above spiral locks of hair. Left side of head unfinished, with lumpy surface, but painted. Back of head missing, but head was hollow. Handmade
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 345, No. I:4 (giving inv.no. as 9102); Gjerstad 1966, p. 462, fig. 131.3; Cristofani 1978, p. 96, fig. 66; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, p. 179, B 6.4; Winter 2009a, pp. 466, 6.D.6; Mura Sommella 2010a, p. 93, fig, 13
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder
Early Rome IV.1: Synthesis of archaeological evidence
Esquilino e Campidoglio: elementi della decorazione architettonica nella Roma dei Tarquini
L'arte degli Etruschi. Produzione e consumo
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Herakles head
Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 8102
Mouldmade: no
Height: 8
Width: 6.9
MPD: 4.7
Clay: 10YR 8/3
Paint: Lion head painted dark brown 7.5YR 5/4 with black lines on edges of muzzle, White teeth with gray/brown separations. Red skin 10R 4/4. black eyebrows, lids, pupil outlines, moustache, beard & lips. White eyeballs 10YR 8/2
Condition: Broken around edges, missing tip of beard
Distance outer eyes: 3.9
Width nose bottom: 1.7
Width mouth: 1.8

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