Comparanda: Equal to 19089 but preserves attachment of 2 felines on sides, colors and clay equal
Remarks: Full-figure antefix of Persian Artemis/Potnia theron. Preserves torso with attachment of 2 felines at sides. Th plaque 3.9. Locks of hair in spiral coils, 2 on shoulders painted purple. Necklace in relief. Openwork between lions and Potnia. On back center, large oval strut scar.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 402, no. II:1, Pl. 123:433; Helbig4 III, p. 748, no. 2851; Cifarelli 2003, pp. 153-155, no. III.1, fig. 167
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 tempio di Giunone Moneta sull'acropoli di Segni. Author: Cifarelli, F.M.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2003
Type of decoration: Persian Artemis/Potnia theron
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 32.5
Width: 40.5
Clay: 5YR 7/6 core, 7.5YR 7/4 at edge
Paint: Pink skin 5YR 7/4. Purple hair. Necklace white with red stripes. Left lion: traces of gold, brown, and purple (inner leg). Back and rounded edge slipped white.
