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5635, Orvieto, Cannicella

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  • Record number: 5635
  • Site: Orvieto
  • Building or zone: Cannicella
  • Roof element: Antefixes, heads
  • Remarks: Female head antefix with shell frame. Made from mould for Belvedere temple (Andrén 1940, no. II:37) but probably retouched. Cover tile scar on bottom of back with vertical scoring before attachment.
  • Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 190, no. II:6, Pl. 71:238; Andrén 1968, p. 22, no. 15, Pl. 26
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
    Il santuario della necropoli di Cannicella ad Orvieto. Author: Andrén, A.. Journal and volume number: StEtr 35. Publication Date: 1968. Pages: 19-85
  • Type of decoration: Female head
  • Last Recorded Collection: Museo Civico
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 18.9
  • Width: 18.2
  • MPD: 6.8
  • Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
  • Height face: 10.7
  • Distance outer eyes: 6.5
  • Width nose bottom: 2.4
  • Width mouth: 2.6
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Last updated 10/09/2012 15:08:00 by Nancy Winter. Created 09/07/2012 14:48:00 by Nancy Winter. Approved by Nancy Winter. Copyright © 2003-2025 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/D6980D13-8A23-4894-9C30-96B31B54B13F

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