4232, Orvieto

Record number: 4232
Site: Orvieto
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Laurel wreath similar to Andrén 1940, no. II:38 from Belvedere temple and no. II:7 from Cannicella
Remarks: Antefix of female head in Phrygian cap with laurel wreath. Diam rosette 1.9. Top of strut on back. Cover tile attached at chin level. Very worn. H helmet 6.5. Shell with outer flat band with relief spirals/inner concave band (W 1.1)/concave band (W 4.3) with rosette.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 193, no. II:6; Gens Budapest 1989, pp. 106-107, no. 3.17
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia
Type of decoration: Female head in Phrygian cap
Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 7547
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 20.9
Width: 11.2
MPD: 8.8
Clay: 7.5YR 7/6
Paint: Traces of red on rosette, blue on wreath 5B 7/1.
Condition: 1 fragment
Height head: 12.2(?)
Height face: 9.1
Distance outer eyes: 5.2(?)worn
Width nose bottom: 1.8
Width mouth: 2.1
Type shell: Floral
Width shell: 7.5+

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