Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Probably Archaic
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Akroterion
Year Excavated	1968
Fragment Noted	false
Object Type (notes)	Statue Head (Human)
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.230 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.160 m, Max. Pres. Profile 0.170 m, Max. Pres. Thickness front of neck 0.029 m
Condition	Broken off at neck and in center of right ear. Fillet, hair, nose, mouth and beard chipped.
Description	The face is essentially triangular, with all the features on the front plane. The oval eyes bulge out below flatly arching brows which project slightly at the sides. The nose springs directly from the forehead. The head has hollow cheeks and high cheekbones. The mouth is chipped but seems to have been little more than a slightly raised horizontal slit cutting through to the hollow interior. The chin line is quite sharp and slightly raised from the cheeks, perhaps indicating a short pointed beard. The neck is smooth. Each ear is formed by a ridge outlining upper and lower loops, and a slit in the center. The head is surrounded by a fillet; it arches high over the front of the head, but is almost horizontal behind the ears. Above the fillet is a ridge running from ear to ear; on each side of this there are eight locks, radiating from a a spot roughly at the top of the head. These locks do not match up with the locks and curls below the fillet. On the forehead there were 13 bumps for curls, three of which are now missing. In front of each ear is a long lock hanging forward and onto the neck. There is a curl above the left ear. Behind the ears are ten locks; the two foremost on the right side end in backwrd-curving curls (the two on the left probably also did, but are broken off); the back locks are cut short, with the four central ones at the level of the ear bottoms and the other two slightly longer. Locks above the fillet are formed by snaking ridges of clay; below the fillet they are straight hanging ridges cut by close horizontal dents. There are two short vertical slits cutting through to the inside on the top and back, which, along with the slits in the mouth and ears, allowed air to escape in firing. The hollow inside is irregular and shows fingermarks.
Fabric Description	Coarse clay with bits of stone fired orange-brown.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1968010000