4861, Capua

Record number: 4861
Site: Capua
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Velia example Fasti Arch 11 (1956)
Remarks: Female head antefix with shell frame. Preserves part of roll, flat band above head, 3 rows of scallop locks over forehead, undetailed ears, double strands of pearl locks, neck and chiton top, round moulding, H 1, break across recessed flat bottom border. On back, no strut. Beginning of curved cover tile with brown paint around edge.
Bibliography: Walters 1903, p. 165, B584; Winter 1978, p. 40, pl. 18.4; Heurgon 1986, p. 173, figs. 9-10; Winter 1986, p. 180, fig. 12
Publication record: Archaic architectural terracottas decorated with human heads
Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum
Etruscans at Capua: Reflections of history in artistic production
Les antefixes archaiques de Capoue
Type of decoration: Female head
Current Collection: British Museum: B584
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 20
Width: 13.6
Clay: 7.5YR 7/6
Paint: Surface brown 5YR 4/3. Reddish-brown on left cheek, diagonal band on roll 10R 4/4.
Condition: Missing shell frame
Height face: 8.4
Distance outer eyes: 5.2

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