2671, Orvieto, Campo della Fiera

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Record number: 2671
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Campo della Fiera
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Identical to Andrén 1940, pp. 188-189, No. I:1 from Cannicella sanctuary at Orvieto and to No. I:1 sporadic (Andrén 1940, p. 194)
Remarks: Female head antefix with shell frame. Decoration on roll is upwards chevron in red/white/black. Rectangular strut. Distance from back of antefix to end of strut 12.5.
Bibliography: NS 1877, p. 146, no. 2; Furtwängler 1893, p. 252, no.3; Perali 1928, Pl. IX:40; Andrén 1940, p.192, no. I:6, Pl. 72:242; Gens Budapest 1989, pp. 100-101, no. 3.9
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia
Meisterwerke der griechischen Plastik.
Orvieto etrusca
Type of decoration: Female head wearing diadem and earrings/chevrons
Current Collection: Antikensammlung: TC 7539
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 25
Width: 22.3
MPD: 24.8
Clay: 7.5YR 7/6
Paint: Cream 10YR 8/3. Red 10R 5/6. Purple 7.5R 4/4. Dark purple-red 5R 4/4. Light brown skin 10YR 7/3. Light red ground on diadem and earrings 10R 5/6. Black hair and chevrons.
Condition: Single piece
Height head: 14
Height face: 12.1
Distance outer eyes: 7
Width nose bottom: 2.8
Width mouth: 3.1
Type shell: Strigil(?)
Width fascia: 1.9
Torus or flat: Roll
Height strut: 11
Width strut: 3.4
Depth strut: 5.5
Inner H cover tile: 10.9
Outer H cover tile: 12.9
Inner W cover tile: 14.6
Outer W cover tile: 18.5
Thickness tile: 2

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