107, Caere

Record number: 107
Site: Caere
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Copenhagen NCG HIN 482, HIN 726; Berlin TC 6681.4 (4, 5.1, 6, 7, 8); Metropolitan Museum 96.18.155 (GR 1032); Paris Louvre S. 1089, S. 1091; Rome "La Sapienza" SAEM 25214; Rome MNR 380159, 380161, 380160
Remarks: Antefix with female head in relief. Cover tile backer preserved for D of 23.8
Bibliography: Luce 1920a, p. 29, figs. 1-2; Andrén 1940, pp. 20-21, No. I:4a; Turfa 2005, pp. 249-250, no. 279 (dated first half to mid-6th cent. B.C.); Winter 2009a, pp. 425-427, 6.C.1.a
Publication record: Archaic antefixes from Cerveteri in the University Museum, Philadelphia
Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Female head
Current Collection: University Museum: MS 1815
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 13.7
Width: 18.6
MPD: 37.6
Clay: 5YR 5/4
Condition: Fully preserved profile including nose
Height head: 12.9
Height face: 11.7
Distance outer eyes: 7.3?
Width mouth: 2.9
Outer H cover tile: 12.1
Outer W cover tile: 18.6
Thickness tile: 2.1

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