Remarks: Pedimental sculpture fragment of bearded head of Zeus(?). Th wall 1-1.7. Head in round, handmade. Colors well-preserved. Strands of hair and beard added to shell of head.
Bibliography: Helbig4 III, no. 2813, pp. 721-722; Proietti 1980, p. 246, fig. 335; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983, p. 136, Pl. 203; Torelli 1993a, fig. 7 Jupiter from pedimental high relief; Comella 1993c, pp. 228-229: Zeus, with bust of Hera in diadem
Publication record: Fictiles fabulae. Rappresentazione e romanizzazione nei cicli figurativi fittili repubblicani. Author: Torelli, M.. Journal and volume number: Ostraka 2. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 269-300 Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972 Il Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia. Author: Proietti, G.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1980 Le terrecotte architettoniche del santuario dello Scasato à Falerii (scavi 1886-1887). Author: Comella, A.M.. Place of publication: Perugia. Publication Date: 1993 The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture. Author: Sprenger, M. & G. Bartoloni. Place of publication: New York. Publication Date: 1983
Type of decoration: Bearded head of Zeus(?)
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: no
Height: 16
Width: 12.2
MPD: 13
Clay: 10YR 8/3
Paint: Skin red-brown and lips 2.5YR 3/6. Hair brown 5YR 4/4. Beard, eyebrows, lids, pupils black. White eyeballs.
