5209, Lanuvium

Record number: 5209
Site: Lanuvium
Roof element: Waterspouts
Remarks: Lion-head waterspout preserving most of upper head and muzzle. Handmade with lots of hatching on eyelids/brows and incision for pupil. Underside has wide flat bands and finger smoothing. W muzzle 9.2. Left fang preserved.
Bibliography: Walters 1903, p. 428, D773; Andrén 1940, p. 438, no. III:17
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum
Type of decoration: Lion head
Current Collection: British Museum: D773
Mouldmade: no
Width: 13
MPD: 12.8
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4

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