126, Tarquinia

Record number: 126
Site: Tarquinia
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Copenhagen NCG H187 & National Museum; Tarquinia Mus. Naz.; Populonia
Remarks: Crisp mould. L nose 2.1, W moustache 7.5. Shell: W double volute 5.2, W concave volute .7
Bibliography: Luce 1921a, pp. 276-277, fig. 8; Andrén 1940, pp. 67-68, No. I:5, Pl. 23:80; Cataldi 1993, p. 214, fig 33 (with wrong inv. no. 1823); Turfa 2005, pp. 252-253, no. 282 (dated early 5th cent. B.C.)
Publication record: A group of architectural terra-cottas from Corneto
Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Terrecotte arcaiche e tardo-arcaiche da Tarquinia
Associated elements: Female head antefixes
Type of decoration: Acheloos head with volute shell frame
Current Collection: University Museum: MS 1828
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 19.8
Width: 17.5
MPD: 17.4
Clay: 10YR 7/3
Paint: Traces of white slip, red between volutes & edges of shell
Condition: Missing shell to right of head & most edges of shell
Height head: 12,5
Height face: 10.3
Distance outer eyes: 5
Width mouth: 2.3
Type shell: Double volutes
Width shell: 5.6

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