Remarks: FEMALE HEAD WITH TALL FOREHEAD, LONG FINGER-WAVES OF HAIR (H 3.5, W SCALLOP 1.4) WITH CENTRAL PART, HIGH DIADEM (H 5.2) PAINTED WITH TWO, INVERTED ROWS OF RED-BROWN TONGUES, SEPARATED BY ROW OF BLACK CIRCLES. BACK HOLLOWED BEHIND DIADEM & HAIR. SCAR OF ROUNDED COVER TILE (TH 2.8), BELOW WHICH HOLLOWED.
Bibliography: STETR 1 (1927) PL. XI; MENGARELLI 1936, P. 75, PL. XXV:1; ANDRÉN 1940, P. 32, NO. II:11A; WINTER 2009A, PP. 438-439, 6.C.4.C
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Il luogo e I materiali del tempio di Era a Caere. Author: Mengarelli, R.. Journal and volume number: StEtr 10. Publication Date: 1936. Pages: 67-86 Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009
Type of decoration: FEMALE HEAD IN RELIEF, WEARING TALL DIADEM & DISK EARRINGS
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 17
Width: 16.9
MPD: 9.3
Paint: CREAM 10YR 8/3, RED-BROWN 10R 4/6, BLACK HAIR
Condition: TOP OF HEAD WITH DIADEM, HAIR, FOREHEAD PRESERVED