197

Record number: 197
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Variation or later evolution of 4th cent. B.C. type from Civita Castellana: Andrén 1940, p. 98, No. II:6, Pl. 30:106
Remarks: Shell curves sharply forward; flat strigils separated by depressed channel. Row of round knobs represent diadem. Back top of head hollowed above cover tile
Bibliography: Breitenstein 1941, pp. 80-81, No. 771, Pl. 93:2
Publication record: Danish National Museum. Catalogue of terracottas: Cypriote, Greek, Etrusco-Italian and Roman. Author: Breitenstein, N.. Place of publication: Copenhagen. Publication Date: 1941
Type of decoration: Female head in strigil shell frame
Last Recorded Collection: National Museum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 12.6
Width: 15.4
MPD: 5.7
Clay: 7.5YR 6/6
Condition: Fragment of head & part of shell
Width strigil: 1.9 bottom
Height face: 7.7
Distance outer eyes: 4.7
Width mouth: 1.7
Type shell: Strigils
Width strigil: 1.9 bottom

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