4424, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Vignale, Larger temple

Record number: 4424
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Vignale, Larger temple
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Remarks: Silen head antefix with shell frame. Scars from strut and rounded cover tile on back.
Bibliography: Helbig4 II, p. 340, no. 1780; Andrén 1940, pp. 98-99, no. II:7, Pl. 30:107; Carlucci 1995, pp. 92-93
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
Il santuario falisco di Vignale. Nuove acquisizioni
Associated elements: 7281, mounted example (database 4425), Villa Giulia 7282, 7286
Type of decoration: Silen head
Current Collection: Museo Archeologico di Agro Falisco: 7282
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 16.5
Width: 14.5
MPD: 5.6
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: Red central line of tongues, berries, top band and squares on base, "hair" on cheeks 7.5R 4/6. Red-brown skin and lips, animal ears 2.5YR 5/6. Black hair and beard, moustache, eyes, depressed area between tongues, outer and inner outline of rounded encircling band, bottom band and squares on border.
Height face: 8.3
Distance outer eyes: 3.3
Width nose bottom: 1.2
Width mouth: 1.6
Height antefix base: 2.4

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