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Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Frieze Plaque
Year Excavated
  • 2015
  • 2015
Motif
Decorative Technique Relief
Object Type (notes) Banquet Frieze Plaque Fragment
Size Fragment A: max. pres. height: 0.215 m, max. pres. width: 0.175 m, max. pres. thickness: 0.047 m, max. pres. diameter of nail hole: 0.011 m Fragment B: max. pres. height: 0.065 m, max. pres. width: 0.081 m, max. pres. thickness: 0.027 m Fragment C: max. pres. height: 0.093 m, max. pres. width: 0.083 m, max. pres. thickness: 0.027 m Fragment D: max. pres. height: 0.121 m, max. pres. width: 0.123 m, max. pres. thickness: 0.026 m
Condition For all fragments the surfaces are pitted, worn, and encrusted. Large inclusions are visible throughout the fabric. Fragment A: Proper right edge, top edge, and finished back edge are preserved. The four strigils closest to the proper right are partially preserved. Fragment C: Bottom edge and back are finished Fragment D: There is an ancient break in the proper bottom left corner of the fragment
Fabric Description Terracotta
Munsell Color 10YR 6/3 pale brown, 10YR 6/4 light yellowish brown
Description Fragment A: Banquet frieze plaque fragment preserves the servant, servant's cup, reclining figure, reclining figure's cup, portions of the banqueting couch, and a corner of the table of the proper right side of the frieze plaque. Six complete dentils, three complete strigils, four partial strigils, and a complete nail hole are preserved. The right edge, top edge, and back are finished. Fragment B preserves portions of the banqueting couch, the reclining figure's arm, the reclining figure's cushion, and the table below the couch. Fragment C preserves portions of the table, the table's foot, dog's hindquarters, tail, and guilloche. Fragment D preserves portions of the table, the couch and couch foot, servant's lower body, and the head and front legs of the dog. Below the frieze plaque scene guilloche pattern is preserved, along with the finished bottom edge
Legacy Database Artifact ID 20150053
Year Cataloged 2015
Page 289
Depth Notes Fragment B: 24.80 mAE Fragment C: 24.67 mAE Fragment D: 24.99 mAE
Grid Notes Fragment B: 95.40 E, 54.28 S Fragment C: 95.58 E, 54. 42 S Fragment D: 95.42 E, 54.50 S
References Fragment A joins with 20140116. Fragment D joins with 20140123.
General Notes Fragment B: Page 267, Find #14, Locus 19 Fragment C: Page 313, Find #1, Locus 19 Fragment D: Page 253, Find #3, Locus 19
Photo 20150053
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
95.45 -54.5 24.81
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Catalog ID Note 20150053
Conservation Treatment Notes removed soil from nail hole w/ dental pick; removed soil w/ cocktail stick; drybrushed; cleaned break edges w/ scalpel & consolidated w/ 5% Acryloid B-72 in acetone
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2015-08-01
Conservation Treatment Year 2015
Conservation People student, Steven Miller
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Contributor
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Cara L. Polsini info
Vocabulary: Murlo
Subject
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Iron age info
Vocabulary: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Open Context References: Iron age hub
Temporal Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Anthony Tuck info
Vocabulary: Murlo
Suggested Citation

Cara L. Polsini. (2017) "PC 20150053 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 62/2015, ID:697/Locus 19". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/84f80453-13ad-4e35-a55b-4741603b9389> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20150053

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