460, Caere

Record number: 460
Site: Caere
Position: Pediment slopes
Roof element: Acroteria
Comparanda: 16383, 16384; mirror images 16386, 16385, 16379, 16380. = Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek HIN 24 (H.167)
Remarks: One of 3 pairs of horse heads facing right, belonging with group of Amazon horse riders, with mirror images. D far horse 3.5, D near horse 2.6, W eye 1.7, Diam disk 2.1. Near horse black with red mane, far brown with black mane. On back, smooth, hollowed surface painted brown-red with top of rectangular bar with central vertical hole for attachment to roof.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 44-45, No. II:20c, Pl. 13:44 top right; Danner 1993a, pp. 102-103; Lulof 2008, pp. 204-209; Winter 2009a, pp. 480-481, 6.E.5.b
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens
Le amazzoni e i guerrieri di Vigna Marini-Vitalini. La ricostruzione di un frontone "straordinario"
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Associated elements: 16378, 16389, 16391, 16377, 16376, 16393, 16388
Type of decoration: Horse heads facing right; Amazon riders
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale: 16381
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 13.7
Width: 16.1
MPD: 6.7
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4

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