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4522, Punta della Vipera, Temple of Minerva, 2nd phase

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  • Record number: 4522
  • Site: Punta della Vipera
  • Building or zone: Temple of Minerva, 2nd phase
  • Roof element: Raking sima finials
  • Remarks: Raking sima finial of lion head. Small head, handmade with open mouth attached to curving hollow tube worked as mane. Pierced pupils. H lion head 5.8, W 5.1, D 4.2. H tube 5.5, W 5.3. H opening 3.1, W ca. 1.8
  • Bibliography: Stopponi 1979, p. 252, Pl. III.3-4, fig. 22
  • Publication record: Terrecotte architettoniche dal santuario di Punta della Vipera. Author: Stopponi, S.. Journal and volume number: Studi in onore di F. Magi. Place of publication: Perugia. Publication Date: 1979. Pages: 249-270
  • Type of decoration: Lion head
  • Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale
  • Mouldmade: no
  • Height: 6.4
  • Width: 10.5
  • MPD: 5.3
  • Clay: 7.5YR 7/6
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Last updated 10/09/2012 15:08:00 by Nancy Winter. Created 09/07/2012 13:10:00 by Nancy Winter. Approved by Nancy Winter. Copyright © 2003-2025 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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