4806

Record number: 4806
Roof element: Votive head(?)
Comparanda: Orvieto
Remarks: Female head of antefix type but with peculiar back: flat with large circular cavity behind face, no traces of tile but crown of head continues back and downwards, forming rounded overhanging tongue projecting on back. Th plaque 1.7. Diam earring 3. H diadem 2.5. Th tongue on back 2, W 10. No shell. Probably not architectural.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 501-502, no. I:16, Pl. 156:527, G:4
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Type of decoration: Female head in diadem and disk earrings
Current Collection: Museo Archeologico: 4686
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 19.6
Width: 17.4
MPD: 17
Clay: Burned
Paint: Hair and eyes black. Lips and decoration red.
Height face: 12.4
Distance outer eyes: 6.3
Width nose bottom: 2.1
Width mouth: 2.8

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