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2671, Orvieto, Campo della Fiera

  • 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. 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
    Meisterwerke der griechischen Plastik.. Author: Furtwängler, A. Place of publication: Leipzig/Berlin. Publication Date: 1893
    Orvieto etrusca. Author: Perali, P.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1928
  • Type of decoration: Female head wearing diadem and earrings/chevrons
  • Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
  • 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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