1032, Rome, Forum Romanum - Curia Hostilia

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Record number: 1032
Site: Rome
Building or zone: Forum Romanum - Curia Hostilia
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Of same type: fragments from Temple of Castor excavations CA 29.4 (CA 84-28) & CA 29.4 (CA 84-28bis)
Remarks: Fragment preserves top of Gorgon head in relief, with flat section of hair across top, with scalloped edge, above face with large, almond-shaped eyes, triangular nose, and tall, flat ears (H 4.4) at side of head. Plaque projects above cover tile 2.5 cm, and overhangs below. From 7th stratum below Niger Lapis
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 331-332, No. I:1, Pl. 105:374; Gjerstad 1966, p. 458, fig. 129:4,5; Andrén 1974, p. 7, pl. 28:2; La grande Roma 1990, p. 57 3.1.34, assigned to renovation after a fire ca. 600 B.C.; Winter 2009a, p. 169, 3.C.1.a, fig. 3.7, Ill. 3.3.1
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Early Rome IV.1: Synthesis of archaeological evidence
La grande Roma dei Tarquini
Osservazioni sulle terrecotte architettoniche etrusco-italiche
Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Associated elements: 118 (armed rider relief revetment plaque).
Type of decoration: Gorgoneion
Current Collection: Antiquarium forense: 803
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 12.5
Width: 17.2
MPD: 19.2
Clay: 10YR 7/4
Condition: Upper part of antefix plaque and cover tile
Distance outer eyes: 9.7
Inner H cover tile: 7.3
Outer H cover tile: 8.4
Inner W cover tile: 11.5
Outer W cover tile: 14.5

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