Remarks: Silen head antefix with shell frame. Missing most of shell which was equal to B621 + B622. Exceptionally well-preserved color. Head intact including erect animal ears. Folds of drapery at sides of face and beard, tied below chin, ending in animal paws. H head + beard 28.5. H headband 2.2. Part of right edge preserved. Area behind head hollow, concave. Rectangular strut from plaque above head to cover tile, with small tongue behind.
Bibliography: Walters 1903, p. 175, B623; Andrén 1940, pp. 55-56, no. IV:4
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum. Author: Walters, H.B.. Place of publication: London. Publication Date: 1903
Type of decoration: Silen head/floral
Last Recorded Collection: British Museum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 40
Width: 33.1
Clay: 10YR 8/4
Paint: Beige slip on headband, drapery. Black ground on shell, hair and beard, eyebrows, eyelids, pupil 7.5YR N2/. Dark red skin, ears 10R 3/6. Brown-red base 7.5R 3/6. Brown volutes 7.5YR 4/2. Brown on drapery 2.5YR 4/2.
