Remarks: Antefix plaque with Silen head moulded in relief, surrounded by small shell frame of strigils, with inner roll ending in volute alongside head
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 90-91, No. II:5, Pl. 29:96; Helbig4 III, p. 739, No. 2839
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 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: Silen head surrounded by strigil shell frame
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 27.8
Width: 24.5
MPD: 8.1
Clay: 10YR 7/4
Paint: Red-brown skin 10R 5/6; purple-red 5R 3/4 darts & central vertical band on strigils, alternating diagonal bands on roll & central line on roll & volutes, eyebrows, ears, beard, bottom band & squares on border; black strigil outlines, diagonal bands on roll, tufts of hair below ears, eyelids & pupils, hair; gold 10YR 6/4 moustache & underpainting of purple-red
