4855, Capua

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Record number: 4855
Site: Capua
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Satricum: Rome VG 10102, 10106. Also 2 replicas in Municipio of Santa Maria a Capua Vetere; Berlin TC 7159, London B594, B604; Rome, Museo Artistico Industriale; Paris Cp5950, Cp5147 (445), S1094; Cairo 26668
Remarks: Female head antefix with shell frame. W strigil at back 4.5 including 2 ridges. No strut.
Bibliography: Walters 1903, p. 168, B593; Koch 1912, pp. 41-43, Type IV, Pl. VIII.1; Heurgon 1986, p. 171, fig. 2; Winter 1986, p. 179, fig. 2
Publication record: Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum
Dachterrakotten aus Campanien
Etruscans at Capua: Reflections of history in artistic production
Les antefixes archaiques de Capoue
Type of decoration: Female head
Current Collection: British Museum: GR 1877.8-2.3 (B593)
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 32.8
Width: 34.5
Clay: 5R 5/2
Paint: Surface light brown 10YR 6/3. Cream slip over entire front, top and upper part of back 10YR 7/2. Black/brown hair, ear outline, inner edge of every 2nd strigil, area around cover tile attachment 10YR 3/1. Red eyelids, lips, dress, inner outline of every other strigil, outlining volute band 10R 5/4.
Height strigil: 7
Width strigil: 4.5
Height face: 10
Distance outer eyes: 6
Type shell: Strigil
Height strigil: 7
Width strigil: 4.5
Width fascia: 1.5
Torus or flat: Roll
Height antefix base: 2.5
Outer H cover tile: 15.7
Inner W cover tile: 14.7
Thickness tile: 1.7

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