Remarks: Antefix with Silen head surrounded by shell frame. Colors well-preserved. On back, plaque hollowed behind head, strut from top of cover tile to shell back & 2 oblique ridges of clay to either side, to strengthen connection between plaque & cover tile. Tile squared at top just behind plaque
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 97-98, No. II:5
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Associated elements: 7282, 7286; female head antefixes 7277, 7287
Type of decoration: Silen head in strigil shell frame
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: yes
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