3590, Poggio Civitate, Courtyard building

Record number: 3590
Site: Poggio Civitate
Building or zone: Courtyard building
Position: Courtyard eaves
Roof element: Lateral simas
Remarks: Daedalic-style head from lateral sima. Back flat. No scar from attachment and so was never detached from sima but made specifically as a repair piece. Large nail hole in right cheek near base of nose (Diam 1.1) and lead nail (L 13), broken at head, other end curled.
Bibliography: Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p.121, 3.378; Nielsen 1991, p. 250-251, figs. 11-13; Winter 2009a, p. 168, 3.B.1.b, & p. 533
Publication record: Case e palazzi d'Etruria
Excavations at Poggio Civitate
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Daedalic-style head
Current Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate: 80-101 109861
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 13.1
Clay: 5YR 5/6
Height head: 13.1
Height face: 10.4
Width mouth: 3.6

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