Remarks: Gorgoneion antefix. Ears have little moulded or painted detail. Shell has black ground with reserved tear-drop to right of ear, above relief volute. Roll has herringbone pattern in white/red/white/black. Unusual rectangular strut on back. Head deeply hollowed in back. Where shell is broken away to left of head clay has horizontal striations/depressions equal to preparation for joining shell to head pre-firing. W tongue 3.6. H volutes top 5.5, bottom 6.5. Distance from back of antefix to end of strut 12.4. New fragment of right corner of shell with volute in relief, excavated at Campo della Fiera.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 192, no. I:5, Pl. 72:243; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, p. 300, D 4.1.1; Gens Budapest 1989, p. 99, no. 3.7; Stopponi 2003, p. 264, fig. 15
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988 Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia. Author: Roncalli, F. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1989 I templi e l'architettura templare. Author: Stopponi, S.. Journal and volume number: Orvieto I: Antichità, ed. G.M. Della Fina. Place of publication: Perugia. Publication Date: 2003. Pages: 235-273
Associated elements: Joining fragment of shell frame from excavations at Campo della Fiera, inv. 02N244: Stopponi 2006a, pp. 212-213, figs. 20.6, 20.8
Type of decoration: Gorgoneion
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 28
Width: 28
MPD: 27.9
Clay: 7.5YR 7/6
Paint: Cream 10 YR 8/3. Red 7.5R 4/6. Black. Red-purple head 5R 4/6. Red mouth, tongue 7.5R 3/8. White skin 10YR 8/4. Cream ground on base 10YR 8/4. Black hair, eyebrows, eyes, ground on shell.
