1223, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Celle

Record number: 1223
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Celle
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Remarks: Antefix plaque with deeply modelled Silen head with strands of beard in corkscrew locks, and head surrounded by floral shell frame
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 92, No. III:1, Pl. 27:97; Helbig4 III, p. 739, No. 2839
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
Associated elements: 2499-2500; counterpart to female head antefix 2507
Type of decoration: Silen head surrounded by floral shell frame
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 2508
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 28
Width: 23.6
MPD: 19.1
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: White slip over surface
Condition: Missing large sections of floral shell
Height face: 18
Distance outer eyes: 5.8
Width nose bottom: 2.8
Width mouth: 2.9
Type shell: Floral
Height antefix base: 2.5
Width antefix base: 18.7
Inner H cover tile: 9.8
Outer H cover tile: 10.5
Inner W cover tile: 11
Outer W cover tile: 17.5

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