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Daily Log
July 13, 1978
Morning
Work began by completing the red layer cut in ABC/8. The large quantity of ivory excavated in
ABC/8 yesterday necessitated the use of A again today. More ivory was found immediately. The numerous fragments are similar to those found yesterday: small, worked, often burned and often incised rectangular and triangular fragments. Notable are meander and zig-zag patterns incised on a few of the fragments. ABC/8 also produced a large quantity of bronze again today.
Next, the Red layer cut was continued into ABC/9. Here the soil continues to be red and continues to produce large quantities of ivory and bronze. Although bronze sheet and slag, as well as numerous tacks and nails, are the common bronzes found in this area, today's excavation produced one extremely noteworthy find- a broze lion's (possibly panther's) head was found in B-9.
Tile continues to be frequent, white pottery continues to be infrequent.
In N/8-9, just at the floor level, a piece of burned wood was exposed. Its surface was consolidated today.
Tile: 2 cassetti
Pottery: .5 box
- Find # 18
- B-8
- Red layer/ depth of 60 cm.
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fragment of a bronze nail, head is missing, but the entire shaft is preserved
- Find # 19
- B-8
- Red layer/ depth of 60 cm.
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complete head of a bronze nail, quite large, flat, and round
- Find # 21
- A-8
- Red layer/ depth of 60 cm.
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fragment of, or a complete, bronze object, rounded with a small nipple on one end, object indistinguishable
- Find # 22
- A-8
- Red layer/ depth of 60 cm.
- terracotta loom weight, one small chip
- Find # 25
- B-8
- Red layer/ depth of 70 cm.
-
badly corroded bronze head of a tack-corroded to the extent that it is almost indistinguishable as a tack head
- Find # 26
- B-8
- Red layer/ depth of 70 cm.
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complete bronze nail head is corroded-tip of shaft may be chipped
- Find # 28
- B-8
- Red layer/depth of 80 cm.
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fragment of worked blue-gray ivory-slightly bowed, two lines of incision on one side [ cleaning exposed a meander design and a complete hole in this fragment]
- Find # 32
- B-9
- Red layer/ depth of 60 cm.
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fragment of a bronze nail- head and part of shaft are preserved
- Find # 33
- B-9
- Red layer/depth of 70 cm.
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bronze panther's head
- Find # 34
- B-9
- Red layer/ depth 70 cm.
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incomplete bronze nail, head and start of shaft are preserved
- Find #35
- B-9
- Red layer/ depth of 70 cm.
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fragment of worked black ivory- 3 sides are worked, one end is rounded
- Find #40
- B-9
- Red layer/ depth of 70 cm.
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fragment of worked black ivory-detailed incision is preserved on one side
- Find # 42
- B-9
- Red layer/ no given depth
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Ivory petal (?) inset
Afternoon
Work began by continuing the red layer cut into ABC/9. There is still a great deal of pottery and tile; notable is a concentration of tile in a pile in C-9. Among the pottery there is some bucchero and one incised orange ware bowl.
The area excavated this afternoon produced little bronze. Only five fragments of bronze sheet were found.
The area excavated this afternoon produced little bronze. Only five fragments of bronze sheet were found.
The area excavated this afternoon also produced little ivory. A few very small fragements were found. The only notable fragment is one with five worked sides-one of them with a worked cut in it.
The burned wood was consolidated and left in the ground.
Tile: 1 cassetta
Pottery: .5 box
- Find # 3
- A-9
- Red layer/ from a depth of 60 cm.
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Three joining fragments from a small orange-ware bowl, incised decoration around its midsection
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Document Type | Trench Book Entry |
| Trench Book Entry Date | 1978-07-13 |
| Entry Year | 1978 |
| Start Page | 69 |
| End Page | 103 |
| Title | Daily Log |
| Field Tile Count | 2 cassetti |
| Ceramic Count (Note) | .5 box |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
|
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Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
MC I
Vocabulary: Murlo |
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Matthew Caras. (2017) "MC I (1978-07-13):69-103; Daily Log from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 23/1978, ID:89/PC 19780283". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/a5da26a6-6d58-41a2-bdef-ca8020bcc14f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2j391v90
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