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Daily Log
June 5
Boxes of Tiles 7
Boxes of Pottery 3
Work continued this morning on T-17 sectors A-J 4-7.
1. At depth c. 50cm D-5 mixed in dark earth with heavy concentration of carbonized wood -- bronze "leech" fibul. with long clasp -- clasp broken and pin broken through entire fibula preserved in earth.
19710195
- Find #1
- D-5
- c. 50 cm
- bronze "leech" fibul. with long clasp
2. At depth c. 50 cm D-5 next to above -- "navicella" fibula bronze with lateral knob -- one knob and pin and clasp missing -- part of spring preserved but broken from body of arch.
19710196
- Find #2
- D-5
- c. 50 cm
- "navicella" fibula bronze with lateral knob
- Find #4
- H-6
- c. 90cm
- Fragment banquet frieze preserves guilloch and dog [joins #19, p. 23 ]
19710289
- Find #5
- D-6
- c. 1.20m
- Fragment of Gorgon -- preserves part of mouth and lower jaw [joins fragment from grid D-10]
19710013
- Find #6
- D-5
- c. 1.10m
- What appears to be fragment of terra cotta "loom weight"
19710017
- Find #8
- F-5
- c. 85cm
- Fragment of goat in terra cotta
12. At depth c 1.25cm G-7 heavy concentration of tiles packed tightly together -- above this was layer of stone -- among tiles -- fragment of cover tile with letter. Several other fragments with letters came out in this layer.
19710007
- Find #12
- G-7
- c. 1.25cm
- fragment of cover tile with letter
19710009
- Find #12
- G-7
- c. 1.25cm
- fragment of cover tile with letter
19710011
- Find #12
- G-7
- c. 1.25cm
- fragment of cover tile with letter
In sector E-F 5-6 heavy layer of yellow earth occurred at a depth c. 0.90m -- the earth was very homogeneous in texture, soft, and contained no pottery of architect. terra cotta -- above this strata was a layer of dark brown earth c. 20cm thick which contained many small pieces carbonized wood -- also archit. terra cotta and pottery and some small pieces bronze -- some of the pottery contained carbonized material on inside -- above the darker layer was layer lighter brown extending to the surface. This layer contained light stones and terra cotta as well as some pottery and tiny pices of bronze [see profile p. 74 ].
In sector G-H 6-7 trench revealed different stratification than that mentioned above -- no layer of yeallow earth was observed! The dark brown earth-stone mixture at surface continued to depth c. 1.35m. Large pithos fragments [ 19710067
19710067
- No find number
- G-H 6-7
- c. 1.10-1.35m
- Large pithos fragments
The work on this sector will be extended S. to sector E-F7 in order to determine the extent of the yellow layer in E-F 5-6 [see profile ]. This area also produced heavy concentration of bucchero in earth containing many small
pieces carbonized matter.
At depth c. 1.20m H-7 heavy concentration of tiles mentioned above -- below htis appeared fraagments of large pithos -- below the pithos was an area of soft dark earth with very heavy concentraiton of carbon matter -- bounded on north side by tightly packed small stones [see diagram ]
14. At depth c 1.25m H-7 in the carbon layer next to the above piece -- fragment of bucchero with impressed indentation on side of cup -- from other fragments found in sector A-J 4-7 the pot was able to be reconstructed.
19710159
- Find #14
- H-7
- c. 1.25m
- fragment of bucchero with impressed indentations on side of cup
15. In clearing area previously excavated [see p. ] a small piece of bucchero appeared apparently washed out during the winter -- also fragment of pottery.
19710388
- Find #15
- No coordinates given
- No depth given
- Small piece of bucchero
16. Also in clearing -- fragment of Gorgon face -- D-10, and bucchero fragment with impressed face.
19710391
- Find #16
- D-10
- No depth given
- Bucchero fragment with impressed face
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Document Type | Trench Book Entry |
| Trench Book Entry Date | 1971-06-05 |
| Entry Year | 1971 |
| Start Page | 24 |
| End Page | 35 |
| Title | Daily Log |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
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EN II
Vocabulary: Murlo |
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Erik Nielsen. (2017) "EN II (1971-06-05):24-35; Daily Log from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 17/1971, ID:68/PC 19710067". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/8402d7a9-08c8-437b-b1e7-1cfcffb72a62> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k27w6pk2w
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