Building or zone: Temple of Mater Matuta I - Campanian roof
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Remarks: Antefix with middle-sized female head surrounded by flat fascia (H 1.2) ending in volutes (Diam eye 2.6)/roll (H 1.4)/strigil shell frame, with roll & flat base below chiton top. Strigils shorter at top, longer on sides, slightly convex & slightly curved forward at ends; not centered or aligned over head. Very crisp face mould & shell mould, well-preserved paint. Back of head hollowed and cover tile attached over this so that hollow is not visible. Large rounded cover tile. Between plaque and cover tile raised rounded ridge (W 1.2, D 1.5), higher & deeper at top center
Bibliography: Koch 1912, pp. 41ff.; Andrén 1940, pp. 467-468, No. II:6, Pl. 144:503; Knoop 1987, p. 80, no. 38, pls. 27-28; Satricum: una città latina 1982, pp. 58ff.; Niew licht 1985, no. 65
Publication record: Antefixa Satricana. Sixth-century architectural terracottas from the sanctuary of Mater Matuta at Satricum. Author: Knoop, R.R.. Place of publication: Assen. Publication Date: 1987 Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Dachterrakotten aus Campanien. Author: Koch, H.. Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1912 Niew licht op een oude stad: Italiaanse en Nederlandse opgravingen in Satricum. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1985 Satricum: Una città latina. Catalogo della mostra, Latina. Place of publication: Firenze. Publication Date: 1982
Type of decoration: Female head surrounded by strigil shell frame
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 32
Width: 36
MPD: 22
Clay: 7.5YR 5/6
Paint: Cream slip 10YR 8/3; purple-red 7.5R 4/4-3/4 alternating inner outline of strigils, wide bands on flat fascia above ears with 2 at either side (W 7.8), large dots on fascia above head, outline of volutes, of ears, pupils, nostrils, lips, large dots on plaque between hair & flat fascia at sides, boxes on base; black alternating strigil outlines, wide band at top center of roll (W 11), volute eye, hair, eyebrows
Condition: Restored from several fragments
Height strigil: 5.1/6.1
Width strigil: 3.7/3.5
Convex strigil: yes
Height face: 10.1
Distance outer eyes: 5.7
Width nose bottom: 1.9
Width mouth: 2.7
Type shell: Strigil
Height strigil: 5.1/6.1
Width strigil: 3.7/3.5
Convex: yes
Width fascia: 1.4/1.2
Torus or flat: both
Height antefix base: 3.3
Inner H cover tile: 18.1
Outer H cover tile: 19.4
Inner W cover tile: 19.6
Outer W cover tile: 23.3
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