La Testa

1. a piece of burned clay, brick, tile
2. (transferred sense) a piece of baked earthenware
   1. an earthen pot, pitcher, jug, urn
   2. a sherd, potsherd
   3. a piece of bone
   4. ostracon (= ὄστρακον (óstrakon))
   5. the shell of shellfish or of testaceous animals, shellfish
   6. (Late Latin) skull
3. a sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero