259, Capua

Record number: 259
Site: Capua
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Berlin TC 7163; Koch 1912, P199-202, 204 & Die Welt der Etrusker, cat. No. 2 C.13; Kästner 1984, p. 67, cat.no. 3; Winter 1986, p. 180, Type K, fig. 11
Remarks: Female head with highly placed ears at side of head, folds of drapery below neck. Part of large cover tile with plaque rising above, preserved from top of head to part of base.
Bibliography: Koch 1912, pp. 45-46, Type A7. Art, Pl. 9.2 (wrongly numbered H.31); Fischer-Hansen 1992, p. 193, no. 145
Publication record: Catalogue. Campania, South Italy and Sicily. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Dachterrakotten aus Campanien
Type of decoration: Female head in strigil shell frame
Current Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: HIN 14 (H.36)
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 27.5
Clay: dark red-brown
Paint: Cream slip, black, red-brown
Condition: Missing shell & lower right corner
Height face: 12.3
Type shell: Strigil

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