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33, Caere

  • Record number: 33
  • Site: Caere
  • Position: Eaves
  • Roof element: Antefixes, heads
  • Comparanda: MS 1804
  • Remarks: Antefix with Silen head surrounded by floral shell of 7-leaf palmettes & lotuses in relief.
  • Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 56-57, No. IV:5; Turfa 2005, p. 258, no. 290, fig. 290 (dated later 4th cent. B.C.)
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
    Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Author: Turfa, J.M.. Place of publication: Philadelphia. Publication Date: 2005
  • Associated elements: Female head antefixes MS 1802, 1803, 1826
  • Type of decoration: Silen head in floral shell
  • Last Recorded Collection: University Museum
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 47.5
  • Width: 46.3
  • Paint: Red skin 7.5R 4/6, light red ground 10R 4/6, blue on calyxes, hair, ivy leaves, berries 5BG 6/1
  • Height head: 25.1
  • Distance outer eyes: 11.9
  • Width mouth: 8.4
  • Type shell: Floral
  • Width shell: 15.8
  • Height antefix base: 4.5
  • Width antefix base: 24
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