1178, Caere, Hera temple
- Record number: 1178
- Site: Caere
- Building or zone: Hera temple
- Position: Eaves
- Roof element: Antefixes, heads
- Comparanda: Philadelphia, Univ. Museum MS 1809, MS 1812
- Remarks: Antefix plaque with female head in relief, with flat band of hair across top of head, with central part & ending in scalloped edge across low forehead. Below ears, hair falls in 2 rounded strands. On back, curved cover tile conforming to top contour of head, with plaque overhanging below (H 2.5)
- Bibliography: Mengarelli 1936, p. 75, Pl. 26.2; Andrén 1940, pp. 21-22, No. I:4c; Helbig4 III, p. 539, No. 2571; Winter 1978, p. 38, pl, 15.2; Winter 2009a, p. 430, 6.C.2.e, Ill. 6.7.5
- Publication record: Archaic architectural terracottas decorated with human heads
Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
Il luogo e I materiali del tempio di Era a Caere
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C. - Type of decoration: Female head
- Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
- Mouldmade: yes
- Height: 17.4
- Width: 15.5
- MPD: 38
- Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
- Paint: Cream slip 10YR 7/3, red-brown disk earring outlines, discs on necklace 2.5YR 5/4, brown pupils & lips 5YR 4/3, black hair, eyes, ear outlines, earring dots, necklace vertical lines & dots
- Condition: Chip from nose
- Height face: 12.4
- Distance outer eyes: 9.2
- Width nose bottom: 3.1
- Width mouth: 3.7
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