1865, Caere, Vigna Marini Vitalini

Record number: 1865
Site: Caere
Building or zone: Vigna Marini Vitalini
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Berlin TC 6681.4 (2, 3); New York 96.18.156 (GR 1033); Philadelphia MS 1808; Santa Severa (Pyrgi) 2
Remarks: Antefix plaque with female head in relief, with smooth section of hair ending in small scallops at edge across top of low forehead. Triangular face with large eyes (lids in relief), long nose, compact mouth. Back of head hollowed, rough, painted black. Cover tile attached to top of plaque. Well-preserved paint
Bibliography: AZ 28 (1870) 123, No. 4; Andrén 1940, p. 21, No. I:4b; Winter 2009a, pp. 249-250, 4.C.1.b, Ill. 4.4.3
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Female head in relief
Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 6681.4 (1)
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 12.6
Width: 10.8
MPD: ca. 7.3
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: Cream skin 10YR 8/3. Black hair with pink vertical waves, black eyes & ears, outline of nostrils & lips. Pink lips 7.5YR 6/6?
Condition: Face & top of head preserved
Height head: 11.1
Height face: 8.4
Distance outer eyes: 6.5
Width nose bottom: 2
Width mouth: 2.2
Thickness tile: 1.7

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