229, Rome(?), S. Omobono 2nd phase temple?
- Record number: 229
- Site: Rome(?)
- Building or zone: S. Omobono 2nd phase temple?
- Position: Ridge
- Roof element: Acroteria, human statues
- Comparanda: C. Reusser, Testimonianze d'arte etrusca in collezioni private ticinesi, 1986, p. 21, no. 4.1
- Remarks: Head in round with pointed cap (tutulus)/veil from top of which tuft of hair protrudes from opening; front of tutulus rises to squared "diadem" below which are 3 horizontal bands. Behind ears, tutulus ends in thick rounded edge, below which flat section of hair, with apparently 2 thin locks at right side of face. Hair across face has scalloped edge.
- Bibliography: La grande Roma 1990, p. 142, no. 6.1.2 with earlier bibliography; Winter 2009a, pp. 381-382, 5.E.1.b, fig. 5.37; Christiansen & Winter 2010, pp. 140-143, no. 68; Mura Sommella 2011; Mura Sommella in Tetti di terracotta 2011, pp. 194-195, figs. 10-11
- Publication record: Etruria I. Architectural terracottas and painted wall plaques, pinakes c. 625-200 BC.Catalogue, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
La dea col tutulo dal tempio arcaico del Foro Boario
La grande Roma dei Tarquini
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Tetti di terracotta: La decorazione architettonica fittile tra Etruria e Lazio in età arcaica. Atti delle giornate di studio, Sapienza-Università di Roma, 25 marzo e 25 ottobre 2010
The Caprifico roof in its wider context - Type of decoration: Female head in tutulus and veil
- Current Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: HIN 26 (H.169)
- Mouldmade: yes
- Height: 25.5
- Width: 14.7
- MPD: 17.5
- Clay: 10YR 6/3
- Height face: 12.1
- Distance outer eyes: 8
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