5657, Orvieto, Sporadic

Record number: 5657
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Sporadic
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Andrén 1940, no. I:1 from Cannicella necropolis and no. I:6 from the Campo della Fiera at Orvieto are identical.
Remarks: Female head antefix. Back of head deeply hollowed with finger marks in round depression, with hollowed chin below. W encircling band 1.8. Scar from square strut.
Bibliography: Van Buren 1921a, p. 19, (IV, type XIV), Pl. XII:3; Andrén 1940, p. 194, no. I:1, Pl. 73:248, fig. 31:F2
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Figurative terracotta revetments in Etruria and Latium in the VI. and V. cent. B.C.
Type of decoration: Female head
Current Collection: Museo Civico
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 19.2
Width: 18.6
MPD: 9.4
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: On encircling rounded band, red-brown diagonal stripes with small striations at either sides. Top of diadem and upper "L" brown and hair.
Height face: 11.7
Distance outer eyes: 7
Width nose bottom: 2.8
Width mouth: 3.2

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