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5823, Tuscania(?)

  • Record number: 5823
  • Site: Tuscania(?)
  • Roof element: Antefixes, heads
  • Comparanda: Viterbo, Museo La Rocca, inv. AdT80/337: Gaultier 1993, p. 187, fig. 13
  • Remarks: Female head antefix. Very worn mould, little detail. Ears reworked(?). Scar of cover tile on back. Overhang 4.5. Head hollow behind, lumpy. All proveniences are unsubstantiated in Louvre, except for recent attributions to Tuscania.
  • Bibliography: Gaultier 1990, Pl. 52.1 (left), 52.3; Gaultier 1993, p. 187, fig. 10 left, 11 right, 12; Winter 2009a, pp. 247-248, 4.C.1.b, ill. 4.3.2
  • Publication record: A propos de quelques éléments de décor architectural archaiques en terre cuite conserves au Musée du Louvre
    Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
    Terrecotte architettoniche arcaiche da Tuscania: le collezioni del Louvre e gli scavi recenti nella Ara del Tufo
  • Type of decoration: Female head
  • Current Collection: Musée du Louvre: S 5545
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 12.6
  • Width: 13.5
  • MPD: 7.9
  • Clay: 5YR 5/6
  • Paint: Black on hair.
  • Height face: 9.4
  • Distance outer eyes: 6.1(?)
  • Width nose bottom: 2.6
  • Outer H cover tile: 7.6
  • Outer W cover tile: 13.4
  • Thickness tile: 2
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