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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; AndrĂ©n 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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