Antefix
| Object Number: | MS1803 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Etruscan Italy Gallery Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Caere |
| Locus: | Temple |
| Date Made: | 499-300 BCE |
| Early Date: | -499 |
| Late Date: | -300 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Terracotta |
| Iconography: | Female Head |
| Height: | 46 cm |
| Width: | 50.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number: | 1092 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Description
Part of a set of antefixes with shell-shaped back-drops came from a large temple in the countryside of Caere (Cerveteri). Female heads alternated with those of satyrs along the edge of the roof. The satyrs have skin painted red to show that they are males, while the females have skin painted either white or black. Both maenads wear the large earrings fashionable in the 5th-4th centuries BC.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Italian Gallery (28 Mar 1951 - 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical World - Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 257-259, no. 288 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 35, no. 52 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33, fig. 10 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p.158, no.261 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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