240, Caere

Record number: 240
Site: Caere
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Pyrgi
Remarks: Head with diadem, neck & upper chest, flanked by double volutes, inner edges of missing shell, including part of ribbon band. No base. Rectangular ridge (Th 2.7) attached to cover tile top and back of plaque
Bibliography: Poulsen 1966, p. 32; Andrén 1940, p. 50, No. III:9, Pl. 18:55; Christiansen & Winter 2010, pp. 82-83, no. 37
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Etruria I. Architectural terracottas and painted wall plaques, pinakes c. 625-200 BC.Catalogue, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Den Etruskiske Samling
The Caprifico roof in its wider context
Type of decoration: Female head in ribbon band shell frame
Current Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: HIN 181 (H.183)
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 23
Width: 21.9
MPD: 32
Clay: Brown
Paint: Red, black, white
Condition: Missing most of shell
Height face: 10.8
Distance outer eyes: 6.8
Type shell: Strigil
Inner H cover tile: 10.1
Outer H cover tile: 12
Inner W cover tile: 13.6
Outer W cover tile: 17.6

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