Remarks: Acheloos head antefix with strigil shell frame. L central strigil 9.8, W top 5.4, bottom 3.6 including edges.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 7-8, nos. 5-6, Pl. 3:5; Helbig4 III, pp. 531-532, no. 2559 alternating with Gorgoneion antefixes in gable; Jannot 1974; Etruschi, le antiche metropoli 2008, p. 204, 12.4
Publication record: Achéloos. Le taureau androcéphale et les masques cornus dans l'Etrurie archaique. Author: Jannot, J.-R.. Journal and volume number: Latomus 33. Publication Date: 1974. Pages: 765-789 Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Etruschi, le antiche metropoli del Lazio. Author: Torelli, M. & A.M. Moretti Sgubini. Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 2008 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
Type of decoration: Acheloos head
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: no
Height: 37.5 (40.5R)
Width: 31.5 (42R)
MPD: 12
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
Paint: Cream slip over which paint, strigil edges, full disk edges and central dot, raised encircling band, top of head, eyeballs. black alternating strigils and tips, alternating opposite disks, alternating scallops on band, horns, wavy lines on top of head, beard and moustache, volute. Brown-red alternating strigils and edges, opposite discs, volute eyes. Brown skin 5YR 4/3.
