Remarks: RAM'S HEAD FINIAL ON RAKING SIMA LEFT CORNER. RIGHT EYE REWORKED. ON HEAD'S LEFT SIDE, RAKING SIMA BEHIND HEAD HAS VERTICAL PLAQUE ABOVE LARGE TORUS. BEHIND HEAD, ON VERTICAL PLAQUE IS A PENETRATING NAIL HOLE. NO PAINT PRESERVED ON SIMA BUT ON SOFFIT IS PAINTED RED BAND NEAR SIMA FRONT EDGE, 2 SETS OF CONCENTRIC RED CIRCLES WITH BLACK OUTLINE, AND, ON UNDERSIDE OF HEAD, BLACK BAND FORMING CORNER ALONGSIDE ONE SET OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES.
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 47, NO. III:2,, PL. 15:48 (PROV. GIVEN AS CERVETERI); DANNER 1993A, P. 102; CHRISTIANSEN & WINTER 2010, PP. 42-43, NO. 8
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens. Author: Danner, P.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 93-107 Etruria I. Architectural terracottas and painted wall plaques, pinakes c. 625-200 BC.Catalogue, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Author: Christiansen, J. & N.A. Winter. Place of publication: Copenhagen. Publication Date: 2010 The Caprifico roof in its wider context. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: Il tempio arcaico di Caprifico di Torrecchia. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2010. Pages: 113-122
Type of decoration: RAM'S HEAD
Last Recorded Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Height: 15.3
Width: 15.9
Clay: 10YR 6/4
Paint: CREAM SLIP? BLACK & RED ON UNDERSIDE OF HEAD
Condition: MISSING TOP OF SIMA AND MUCH OF TILE BACKER
