Building or zone: Southeast Building T6A/OC2/Workshop
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Remarks: Human head antefix. Interior hollow, curving. Central part of face preserved, finished edge around chin. W left eye 3.2. W line separating lips 3.9. Th plaque 1.8-1.9. Found in burned layer in north half of T-6A with burned tiles, pottery and worked bone.
Bibliography: Winter 1977, pp. 18-19, no. 1, pl. III.1; Riis 1981, p. 68, Type 4D; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p. 74, 3.29; E. Nielsen 1987, pp. 96-97 (mould Type I), fig. 16; Winter 2009a, pp. 85-87, 2.C.4.a
Publication record: Architectural terracottas with human heads from Poggio Civitate (Murlo). Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: ArchCl 29. Publication Date: 1977. Pages: 17-34 Case e palazzi d'Etruria. Author: Stopponi, S. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985 Etruscan types of heads. Author: Riis, P.J.. Place of publication: Copenhagen. Publication Date: 1981 Some preliminary thoughts on old and new terracottas. Author: Nielsen, E.. Journal and volume number: OpRom 16. Publication Date: 1987. Pages: 91-119 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
Type of decoration: Human head
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 9.1
Width: 8.5
MPD: 3.3
Clay: 2.5YR 6/8
Paint: Reddishbrown surface 10R 5/6. Traces of hair(?) at lower right side of face.
