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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Vessel
Vessel Form Lamp
Year Excavated 2006
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Possible Oil Lamp Fragments
Size Fragment A: Max. Pres. Length 0.102 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.033 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.010 m Fragment B: Max. Pres. Length 0.045 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.018 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.012 m
Condition Fragment A has been restored from three fragments, and all surfaces are worn, pitted, and encrusted. One associated fragment (B) does not join and has the same surface wear and condition as fragment A. The interior surfaces of the fragment are burned.
Description Fragments preserve a partial profile of a vessel, probably an oil lamp, with a projecting carination at its midline. The bottom of fragment A is thickest and projects gently out to a thick carination with a rounded edge. At the carination the fragment juts in, then rises up to a thinner rim with rounded edge. Fragment B appears to preserve a portion of the body of the vessel below the carination.
Fabric Description Coarse Impasto
Munsell Color 7.5YR 4/1 dark gray (interior) 7.5YR 7/6 reddish yellow (exterior)
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
-0.1 -7.3 10.0
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Catalog ID Note null
Conservation Treatment Notes
  • drybrushed; brushed w/ 50:50 alcohol:tap water; consolidated break edges w/ 5% B-72 in acetone; adhered w/ HMG cellulose nitrate
  • swabbed w/ acetone to remove old adhesive; readhered w/ HMG cellulose nitrate
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date
  • 2006-07-31
  • 2007-06-25
Conservation Treatment Year
  • 2006
  • 2007
Conservation People
  • student, Steven Miller
  • Steven Miller
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "VdM20060218 from Europe/Italy/Vescovado di Murlo/Upper Vescovado/Vescovado 3/2006, ID:578/Locus 19". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/140c385b-9751-4644-eb18-c82808bd6688> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/vdm_20060218

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