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481, Caere, Vigna Parrocchiale

  • Record number: 481
  • Site: Caere
  • Building or zone: Vigna Parrocchiale
  • Position: Eaves
  • Roof element: Antefixes, heads
  • Remarks: Female head with smooth hair across top of head ending in scallops along forehead and sides of face. Back deeply hollowed. Th cover tile 3. Squared edge at top of head
  • Bibliography: Mengarelli 1936, p. 76, Pl. XXV:5; Andrén 1940, p. 22, No. I:4d; Briguet 1989, p. 202, fig. 40 (said to be in Villa Giulia Museum); Winter 2009a, pp. 429-430, 6.C.2.c
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
    Il luogo e I materiali del tempio di Era a Caere
    Le sarcophage des époux de Cerveteri du Musée du Louvre
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
  • Type of decoration: Female head
  • Current Collection: Museo Nazionale
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 16.7
  • Width: 12.6
  • MPD: 9.3
  • Clay: 5YR 6/6
  • Paint: Cream skin 10YR 7/4, red lips & inner ear outline 10R 3/6, brown earring rosette 7.5YR 5/6, black hair, eyes, top of cover tile
  • Condition: Face & top of head preserved
  • Height head: 16.7
  • Height face: 13.5
  • Distance outer eyes: 8.3
  • Width nose bottom: 2.8
  • Width mouth: 3
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