Remarks: Orange-red slip on front & back, overpainted on front with head of bearded snake with open mouth, in profile facing right, painted white with black outlines & inner details. Beginning of cavetto at top, & thickening of plaque back at bottom break suggest that piece is part of a raking sima. Excavated in fill of cavity to SE of habitation area.
Bibliography: Cristofani 1992a, p. 30, B 4.2, fig. 38, Pl. II (end of Chimaera tail?); Cristofani 1993b, p. 222, no. 5, figs. 10-12; Veio, Cerveteri, Vulci 2001, p. 126, II.A.2.2 (photo labelled II.A.2.1); Winter 2009a, pp. 74-75, fig. 2.2
Publication record: Caere 3.1. Lo scarico arcaico della Vigna Parrocchiale. Author: Cristofani, M.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1992. Pages: 29-57 Su alcuni rivestimenti fittili alto-arcaici da Cerveteri. Author: Cristofani, M.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 221-223 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, Cerveteri, Vulci. Città d'Etruria a confronto. Catalogo della mostra, Roma, Museo Nazionale Etrusco. Author: Moretti Sgubini, A.M.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2001
Associated elements: 83.136-2
Type of decoration: Painted bearded snake head in white-on-red technique
Last Recorded Collection: C.N.R. storerooms at Banditaccia necropolis
Mouldmade: no
Height: 5.5
MPD: 2.9
Paint: White-on-red, black
Condition: Broken on all sides; scar from missing element across top
