Remarks: Central acroterion of Gorgoneion. Back flat with vertical striations, with raised panel along left side, W 5, D 2. Tops of snakes have square holes for meniskoi, W 0.8. H bearded snake at left side 16.4, W head 5.1. Finished edge above left snake head.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 189, no. II:2, Pl. 71:235; Andrén 1968, pp. 20-21, no. 12, Pl. 24; Santuari d'Etruria 1985, p. 118, 6.1.A.3; Colonna 1987e, p. 14, fig. 4; Gens Budapest 1989, p. 90, no. 3.1, color pl.; Stopponi 2003, p. 250
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia. Author: Roncalli, F. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1989 I culti del santuario della Cannicella. Author: Colonna, G.. Journal and volume number: AnnFaina 3. Publication Date: 1987. Pages: 11-26 I templi e l'architettura templare. Author: Stopponi, S.. Journal and volume number: Orvieto I: Antichità, ed. G.M. Della Fina. Place of publication: Perugia. Publication Date: 2003. Pages: 235-273 Il santuario della necropoli di Cannicella ad Orvieto. Author: Andrén, A.. Journal and volume number: StEtr 35. Publication Date: 1968. Pages: 19-85 Santuari d'Etruria. Author: Colonna, G. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985
Type of decoration: Gorgoneion
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Civico
Height: 27.8
Width: 31.3
MPD: 6.5
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
Paint: Traces of surface slip over which squares on soffit 7.5R 4/6. Pink in nostrils and inside mouth.
