Remarks: FRAGMENT OF HOLLOW, HANDMADE BIRD BODY (TH WALL 1.3) WITH PAINTED ELONGATED UPRIGHT SCALE PATTERN ON CHEST, HORIZONTAL SCALE PATTERN POINTING TOWARDS TAIL ON SIDES, SEPARATED BY 2 ROWS OF FEATHERS POINTING TOWARDS TAIL, PAINTED & RENDERED IN RELIEF, WITH INNER UPPER ROW SMALLER THEN OUTER RECESSED ROW. SCALES: BLACK OUTLINE ON CREAM GROUND WITH PURPLE-RED CENTRAL DOT. FEATHERS: ALTERNATELY BLACK OR RED OUTLINE; ON RIGHT SIDE, EACH FEATHER HAS CENTRAL BAND ALTERNATELY RED OR BLACK CONTRASTING WITH OUTLINE; ON LEFT SIDE, OUTLINE ONLY. ROUND SCROLL (W 3.3, DIAM CA. 4.2) AT BOTTOM WITH BLACK OUTLINED EDGE & CENTRAL RED STRIPE; CENTRAL HOLE (DIAM 1.6) WITH RED OUTLINE. MAY HAVE BEEN OTHERS ATTACHED TO BOTTOM
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 109, NO. I:2, PL. 37:125; HELBIG4 III, P. 730, NO. 2824; DANNER 1993A, P. 102; OPGENHAFFEN 2011, FIG. 10:C
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens. Author: Danner, P.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 93-107 Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972 Sirens on the roof: Identification of terracotta bird-women in Central Italy. Author: Opgenhaffen, L.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles IV. Place of publication: Oxford. Publication Date: 2011. Pages: 50-61
Type of decoration: BIRD BODY OF SIREN WITH PAINTED SCALE PATTERN AND RELIEF FEATHERS/SCROLL
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
