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  • Record number: 459
  • Site: Caere
  • Position: Pediment slopes
  • Roof element: Acroteria
  • Comparanda: 16386, 16380, 16385; mirror images 16381, 16383, 16384. = Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek HIN 24 (H.167)
  • Remarks: One of 4 pairs of horse heads facing left, belonging with group of warrior riders, counterparts to Amazon riders. Near horse red, far horse black. On back, vertical ridge for attachment to roof.
  • Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 45, No. II:20e; Danner 1993a, pp. 102-103; Lulof 2008, pp. 204-209, fig. 18; Winter 2009a, pp. 480-481, 6.E.5.b
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
    Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens
    Le amazzoni e i guerrieri di Vigna Marini-Vitalini. La ricostruzione di un frontone "straordinario"
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
  • Associated elements: 16378, 16389, 16391, 16377, 16376, 16393, 16388
  • Type of decoration: Horse heads facing left; warrior riders
  • Current Collection: Museo Nazionale: 16379
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 27.3
  • Width: 20.3
  • MPD: 6.8
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