testa

testa (Latin)

(transf.) a piece of baked earthenware. A piece of bone. A piece of burned clay, brick, tile. A sherd, potsherd. A sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero. An earthen pot, pitcher, jug, urn. Ostracon (= ὄστρακον). The shell of shellfish or of testaceous animals, shellfish, skull.

testa (Italian)

(skeleton) head (of a bone). Head.