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Antefix with female head in relief
Greek, South Italian
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Tarentum
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
18 cm (7 1/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 0.18 H.
Credit Line
Gift of Harold Murdock in memory of his brother Rear-Admiral J. B. Murdock
Accession Number31.631
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
DescriptionWears a fillet through which horns project, long earrings hanging from shell-like ears, and a necklace.
ProvenanceBy 1896: J. B. Murdock Collection (said to have been acquired in Tarentum in March of 1896); loaned by J. B. Murdock to MFA, April 27, 1898; gift of Harold Murdock in memory of his brother, Rear-Admiral J. B. Murdock, September 3, 1931