1565, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Vignale, smaller temple

Record number: 1565
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Vignale, smaller temple
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, full figure
Comparanda: Satricum
Remarks: Antefix with Silen & Maenad striding to right, Maenad at left and forward of Silen, Silen looking back & carrying drinking horn. Very worn. H Maenad head with diadem 7.8, face 4.8, H Silen head with wreath 10.3, face 7.7, L. Maenad's left foot 7.9, W drinking horn at top 3.3. Large round strut from behind Maenad's chest to cover tile top. Clear signs of attachment of plaque & cover tile on underside & tool marks, including flat spatula
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 100-101, No. I:1, Pl. 33:114
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Associated elements: 7206, 7207, 2611, 2619
Type of decoration: Silen & Maenad striding to right
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 43.8
Width: 27.1
MPD: 23.2
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4-6/6
Paint: Traces of red on Maenad's chiton
Condition: Complete except for lower left corner; cover tile half restored
Height antefix base: 3.2
Width antefix base: 19.5
Height strut: 25
Width strut: 5.7
Inner H cover tile: 8.2
Outer H cover tile: 10

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