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.
