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
