Antefix in form of Woman’s Head

Item

Title

Antefix in form of Woman’s Head

Inventory Number

A0160

From Date

-299

To Date

-200

Description

Face framed by loose thick ringlets above which broad rounded fillet with frame of drapery above; poorly articulated eyes and mouth, heavy chin and medium sized nose. Traces of white slip.

State of Preservation

Side and bottom edges chipped away; rear of top edge chipped off. Much chipping of projecting surfaces of hair, nose and chin, sporadic chipping elsewhere; considerable general wear of surface. Heavy circle of crackled white incrustation on hollow interior.

Height

14.25 cm

Width

14.8 cm

Color

Clay body ca 10R 6/8 (light red); slip 10YR 8/1 (white); interior encrustation 5YR 8/1 (white).

Notes

Slide Coll

Material