273, Veii(?)
- Record number: 273
- Site: Veii(?)
- Position: Pediment left corner
- Roof element: Acroteria, animal statues
- Comparanda: Veii, Portonaccio temple
- 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
Die Dekoration auf First und Giebelschrägen in der archaischen Baukunst Mittelitaliens
Etruria I. Architectural terracottas and painted wall plaques, pinakes c. 625-200 BC.Catalogue, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
The Caprifico roof in its wider context - Type of decoration: Ram's head
- Current Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: HIN 28 (H.173)
- 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
- Height main field: 6+
- Thickness plaque: 3.7
- Th. tile backer: 2.3
- Thickness tile backer: 2.3
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