1148, Capua

Record number: 1148
Site: Capua
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: For lotus frame & face, cf. M.A.I. 160 which is smaller
Remarks: Antefix plaque with relief female head wearing diadem, with 3 strands of beaded hair alongside face, flanked by lotus leaves above concave disks (Diam 5.8) with raised centers. Below neck, covering bottom border, two crouching felines (W left feline 19.7, H 12.2, Th head 5.8, H head 6.2), back-to-back, in relief. On back of plaque, 3 raised ridges rising from top of cover tile to edges of plaque. Area of plaque below tile has vertical & curved horizontal striations with ridges, roughly smoothed with fingers or instrument
Bibliography: Serra 1934, pp. 5 & 13, middle row, right
Publication record: Il R. Museo Artistico Industriale di Roma
Type of decoration: Female head & 2 crouching felines
Current Collection: Museo dei Conservatori: M.A.I. 156
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 31.6
Width: 34.5
MPD: 9.1
Clay: 5YR 5/6
Paint: Cream slip 10YR 8/3, red on diadem, tails & base line below felines 5R 3/6?, black on hair & details of lower feline legs. Light brown on back of plaque 7.5YR 6/4
Condition: Missing most of shell frame
Height face: 12.4
Distance outer eyes: 7.7
Width nose bottom: 2.4
Width mouth: 3.3
Inner H cover tile: 13.5
Outer H cover tile: 15
Inner W cover tile: 17
Outer W cover tile: 24.7

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