Remarks: Fragment of antefix plaque with cutout edges around figure of draped female with wings (Eos), carrying nude youth (Kephalos) in her arms. Head of Eos in round with diadem & hair pulled back into bun/pug with central depression at back. Kephalos shown with frontal head & upper torso, profile buttocks & legs; his right hand on Eos's right shoulder, his left hand grasping her left wrist. Worn mould. 3 struts/ridges on back for support, 2 curving, semicircular, at lower end to either side of fragment; central wedge-shaped ridge with scar for possible strut at bottom
Bibliography: Koch 1912, p. 67, Type D, pl. XVII.1 & fig. 9; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, p. 237, C 2.24
Publication record: Dachterrakotten aus Campanien. Author: Koch, H.. Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1912 Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988
Type of decoration: Eos and Kephalos
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: yes
Height: ca. 20.5
Width: 23.8
MPD: ca. 10
Clay: 7.5YR 7/6 with dark gray core
Paint: Red-brown slip on back 7.5YR 5/6
Condition: Preserves upper part of Eos & most of Kephalos
