Comparanda: Rome, Capitoline and Palatine hills: Cristofani 1987b, 115; Lanuvium: La grande Roma 1990, 8.5.2 and Rome 1981a, 196, D 67; Satricum: Knoop 1985, 86; Falerii, Sassi Caduti: Andrén 1940, 112, no. I:5
Remarks: Silen head antefix. Large scale. Equine ears, wreath of ivy-leaves, berry-clusters and 4-petal rosettes. Th wall 1.2-1.9. Diam rosette 4.6. Back of plaque smoothed and hollowed. Square strut scar 2.4 from top.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 398, no. I:2, Pl. 121:426, p. clxvi: Faliscan origin of type; La grande Roma 1990, p. 221, 9.4.5; Cifarelli 1997, p. 25, fig. 2; Cifarelli 2003, pp. 130-131, no. II.2, fig. 115
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Il tempio di Giunone Moneta sull'acropoli di Segni. Author: Cifarelli, F.M.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2003 La grande Roma dei Tarquini. Author: Cristofani, M. (ed.). Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1990 Le terrecotte architettoniche di Segni nella fase tardo-arcaica: nuovi dati. Author: Cifarelli, F.M.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles II. Place of publication: Amsterdam. Publication Date: 1997. Pages: 23-34
Type of decoration: Silen head wearing wreath of ivy-leaves, berry-clusters and 4-petal rosettes
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 19.7
Width: 28
MPD: 8.2
Clay: 10YR 6/4
Paint: White slip on skin, eyeballs, ear edges 10YR 8/2. Cream slip elsewhere over which paints applied 10YR 8/3. Red: rosettes and their tendrils, berries 7.5R 4/6. Pink: inside ears 5YR 6/6. Black hair, eyes. Blue ivy leaves 7.5RN 6/. Brown iris of eye 10YR 6/4.
