3608, Caere

Record number: 3608
Site: Caere
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: B621 & B622
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
Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum
Type of decoration: Silen head/floral
Current Collection: British Museum: GR 1893.6-28.1 (B623)
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.
Distance outer eyes: 9.1
Height antefix base: 5
Height strut: 24.2
Width strut: 3.3
Depth strut: 4.8
Inner H cover tile: 11.2
Outer H cover tile: 12.9
Inner W cover tile: 15.1
Outer W cover tile: 17.6
Thickness tile: 2

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