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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Antefix
Year Excavated 1971
Motif Gorgon
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Gorgon Antefix
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.170 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.190 m, Max. Pres. Thickness through nose 0.047 m
Condition Entire; glued from five fragments; left hair at temple restored; left hair at forehead cracked; well preserved impression; encrusted surface
Description Complete gorgon with clear impressions throughout, note eyes, ears and nose, also clear lips; right hair strands tend to curve slightly outward; antefix is warped (?) setting face in concave surface; backer scar well preserved.
Fabric Description Murlo terracotta
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
173.299 32.283
174.249 31.972
Local Grid (X)
  • 29.0
  • 30.0
Local Grid (Y) J
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Depicts
Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
Gorgons info
Vocabulary: MANTO
Open Context References: Gorgons hub
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

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19710517 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 18/1971, ID:70". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/14d96454-e3b9-43b9-4605-c6cd66844784> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19710517

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