Etruscan Terracotta Antefix with the Head of a Maenad in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2007

Terracotta antefix (roof tile) with the head of a maenad
Etruscan, Cerveteri, late 4th century BC

Accession # 96.18.158

On temple roofs, maenad antefixes often alternate with satyr-head antefixes. Here, the maenad wears and elaborate diadem and very large grape-cluster earrings, a type of jewelry especially popular in the 5th and 4th centuries BC.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.