5632, Orvieto, Cannicella

Record number: 5632
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Cannicella
Roof element: Acroteria, central
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
Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia
I culti del santuario della Cannicella
I templi e l'architettura templare
Il santuario della necropoli di Cannicella ad Orvieto
Santuari d'Etruria
Type of decoration: Gorgoneion
Current Collection: Museo Civico: 1312
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.
Height face: 21.3
Distance outer eyes: 14
Width nose bottom: 5.5
Width mouth: 8

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