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  • Record number: 5269
  • Roof element: REVETMENT PLAQUES
  • Remarks: REVETMENT PLAQUE DECORATED WITH FLORAL DECORATION AND LARGE CONCAVE VOLUTE BAND ENCIRCLING LARGE MEDUSA HEAD. PRESERVES FINISHED LEFT EDGE AND PART OF TOP EDGE. MOULDMADE, RETOUCHED. TH PLAQUE 2.5. 2 NAIL HOLES IN VOLUTE BAND (ANCIENT? AFTER FIRING). HEADBAND DECORATED WITH ROSETTES. 2 SNAKES BELOW EARS, TIED BELOW CHIN, WITH STIPPLED SURFACE. FANGS BESIDE TONGUE.
  • Type of decoration: FLORAL/MEDUSA HEAD
  • Last Recorded Collection: British Museum
  • Mouldmade: YES
  • Height: 28
  • Width: 24.5
  • Clay: 10YR 7/3
  • Paint: GREENISH SLIP 2.5Y 6/4. NO PAINT.
  • Condition: 2 JOINING FRAGMENTS
  • Height face: 11.2
  • Distance outer eyes: 7.7
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Last updated 15/07/2012 21:01:00 by Nancy Winter. Copyright © 2003-2026 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/B32425AF-C88F-441A-B7CF-E14187BE8877

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