Remarks: Th wall 1.5. Herakles' upper chest with black tunic and brown lion-skin tied in front. Goes with smaller earlier Athena upper torso in museum.
Bibliography: Santangelo 1952, pp. 147-152; Colonna 1987b, p. 32, fig. 77; Colonna 1987d, pp. 435-437, fig. 22; Lulof 2000, pp. 209-210, fig. 3 left; Winter 2009a, pp. 377-378, 5.E.1.a, fig. 5.33, Ill. 5.16.1
Publication record: Archaic terracotta acroteria representing Athena and Herakles: manifestations of power in central Italy. Author: Lulof, P.S.. Journal and volume number: JRA 13. Publication Date: 2000. Pages: 207-219 Il maestro dell'Ercole e della Minerva. Nuova luce sull'attività dell'officina veiente. Author: Colonna, G.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 16. Publication Date: 1987. Pages: 7-41 Note preliminari sui culti del santuario di Portonaccio à Veio. Author: Colonna, G.. Journal and volume number: ScAnt 1. Publication Date: 1987. Pages: 419-446 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 Veio. Santuario "di Apollo". Scavi fra il 1944 e il 1949. Author: Santangelo, M.. Journal and volume number: BdA 37. Publication Date: 1952. Pages: 147-172
Type of decoration: Herakles' upper chest
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: no
Height: 13.8
Width: 17
Clay: 10YR 7/3(?)
Paint: Red skin at neck 7.5R 4/2(?). Brown pelt 7.5YR 5/4.
