- chapter 31: Orvieto, Campo della Fiera –
furnished by votive heads and statues. The oldest is a terracotta female head with tutulus
and a diadem with rosettes superimposed on her wavy hair (Fig. 31.11). At the top
there is the hole for a meniscus that indicates an outdoor location. The stylistic features
point to the last decade of the sixth century bc. It is broken at the neck and one cannot
determine whether it was an isolated head or belonged to a statue. A prestigious bronze
gift was deposited, a small bronze female head (Fig. 31.12), a true masterpiece of Etruscan
metalwork, dated circa 490–480 bc, which probably belonged to a stone base which
retains the lead in the top where the head was affi xed. To the Late Archaic period belong
Figure 31.11 Terracotta female head.Figure 31.12 Bronze female head.