1579, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Vignale, smaller temple

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Record number: 1579
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Vignale, smaller temple
Position: Pediment floor
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Civita Castellana, Celle 2509
Remarks: Antefix with female head wearing diadem or veil with wavy edge, surrounded by rounded moulding ending in volutes, inside floral shell frame. Box meander on base above rounded moulding (H 1.2). Rectangular strut scar on cover tile top
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 103, No. II:6, Pl. 34:119; Helbig4 III, pp. 735-736, No. 2834; Carlucci 1995, p. 96, fig. 18.a (partial redecoration of 2nd phase)
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972
Il santuario falisco di Vignale. Nuove acquisizioni. Author: Carlucci, C.. Journal and volume number: ArchCl 47. Publication Date: 1995. Pages: 69-101
Associated elements: 7204, 7220, 7221, 7223; Silen head antefixes 7210, 7222
Type of decoration: Female head wearing diadem or veil & necklace/floral shell frame/painted box meander
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 19.2
Width: 20.2
MPD: 11
Clay: 10YR 7/3
Paint: White slip 10YR 8/2 skin, volute, base; purple-red 5R 4/3-4/4 hair, drapery alongside neck, inner ground behind volutes, lips, bottom stripe & boxes on base; gold 10YR 5/6 diadem, earrings, necklace; black eyes, outer ground beyond volutes, 2 upper boxes on base & area above, beside necklace
Height face: 9.2
Distance outer eyes: 5.5
Width nose bottom: 1.7
Width mouth: 2.3
Type shell: Floral
Height antefix base: 2.7
Width antefix base: 15
Width strut: 3
Depth strut: 6.5
Inner H cover tile: 11
Outer H cover tile: 12,6
Inner W cover tile: 12
Outer W cover tile: 15,1

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