1860, Caere, Vigna Marini Vitalini

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Record number: 1860
Site: Caere
Building or zone: Vigna Marini Vitalini
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Berlin TC 6681.3 (2); Paris Cp 5164; Philadelphia MS 1814
Remarks: Antefix plaque with female head in relief, wearing tall diadem (H 4) above wide band of finger-waves framing tall forehead. Eyes moulded as raised flattish ovals. Compact mouth with full lower lip. Large disk earrings (Diam 3.6). Hair below ears falling in 2 strands of ribbon locks. cover tile attached at mid-height of plaque, with upper back of plaque concave. Strut/ridge between cover tile & top of diadem, with traces of red
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 33, No. II:11b; Die Welt der Etrusker 1988, p. 173, B 6.1.23; Winter 2009a, pp. 438-439, 6.C.4.c, fig. 6.18
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Female head in relief, wearing tall diadem & disk earrings
Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 6681.3 (1)
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 25.5
Width: 16.1
MPD: 17.8
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: Cream skin 10YR 8/3. Red 7.5R 4/8. black hair, eyes. On diadem, black outlined tongues with white central vertical band on brown ground, above red line; below, row of black circles with white central dot, above black line/red line
Condition: Restored from 2 fragments, possibly originally belonging
Height head: 19.2
Height face: 15.9
Width nose bottom: 3.3
Width mouth: 3.1
Thickness tile: 1.8-2

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