Remarks: Hollow, handmade boar's head in round, broken across back of head and neck. Open mouth. Bulbous round eyes with wide shallow finger channel surrounding eye. Blunt nose/snout. Line of small holes along curved lines where 2 added ridges of clay (tusks?). Diam eye 3.2. Inside uneven with "lava flow" of clay.
Bibliography: Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p.113, 3.322; Edlund-Berry 1992, p. 224, no. F.1; Phillips 1993, p. 24, n. 63; Newland 1994, p. 34, no. 8; Winter 2009a, pp. 207-208, 3.E.4.c, fig. 3.40
Publication record: Case e palazzi d'Etruria. Author: Stopponi, S. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985 In the hills of Tuscany. Recent excavations at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena). Author: Phillips, K.M., Jr.. Place of publication: Philadelphia. Publication Date: 1993 Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009 The akroterial sculpture and architectural terracottas from the Upper Building at Murlo. Author: Newland, D.M.. Journal and volume number: Diss. Bryn Mawr College. Publication Date: 1994 The seated and standing statue akroteria from Poggio Civitate (Murlo). Author: Edlund-Berry, I.. Journal and volume number: Archaeologica 96. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1992
Associated elements: Other fragments of boar: 69-59 (hoof), 69-10 (tail),
Type of decoration: Boar's head
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate
Mouldmade: no
Height: 7.5
Width: 9
MPD: 17
Clay: 5YR 5/6
Paint: Red paint on snout, inside 2 raised ridges (tusks) 10R 4/8.
