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
Type
architecture
Material
fired clay

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