Antefix with the head of a god biting a lightning bolt, possibly

An antefix (decorated tile on the eaves of a temple) depicting a god - possibly the Etruscan Tinia, equivalent to the Roman Jupiter and the Greek Zeus - biting a lightning bolt. Numerous distinctive remains of pigments can be seen: red, blue, black, brown, yellow.

 

425-325 BCE

 

National Etruscan Museum, Villa Giulia, Rome

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