project banner image
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Fabric Category Bucchero
Object Type Vessel
Decorative Technique Incised
Year Excavated 1972
Vessel Form Form unspecified
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Decorated Bucchero Handle Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.049 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.035 m, Max. Pres. Width between two Preserved Edges 0.032 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.008 m
Condition Broken at top and bottom and chipped along one lateral edge; worn and slightly encrusted.
Description Fragmentary bucchero handle preserving one sloping edge and a small part of the other edge; one surface preserves incised decoration consisting of four parallel horizontal dashed lines at the base of the handle above which is a row of leaf-shaped motifs made up of horizontal parallel dashes. This design is repeated above, and the top of the fragment preserves four more parallel horizontal dashed lines. The other surface is smooth.
Fabric Description Bucchero
Has note
19720034a.JPG
19720034b.JPG
19720034c.JPG
19720034ill.jpg
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
163.19 30.334
Local Grid (X) 20.0
Local Grid (Y) D
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Catalog ID Note 1972034
Conservation Treatment Notes consolidated flakes w/ 5% Acryloid B-48 in acetone; removed corrosion w/ scalpel; adhered w/ 50% Acryloid B-48 in acetone
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2013-07-29
Conservation Treatment Year 2013
Conservation People Elizabeth Frost
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Catalog ID Note 1972034
Conservation Treatment Notes removed corrosion w/ scalpel; brushed w/ acetone; brushed w/ ~3.5% tannic acid in ~98.5:1.5 distilled water:alcohol w/ a trace of phosphoric acid (4 coats); brushed w/ acetone to degrease (after photography)
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2015-07-22
Conservation Treatment Year 2015
Conservation People Elizabeth Frost, Steven Miller
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19720034 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 17/1972, ID:300". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/1d6dbfe1-7054-4214-26ac-80a50b02f3fc> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19720034

Editorial Status
●●●○○
Part of Project
Copyright License

To the extent to which copyright applies, this content carries the above license. Follow the link to understand specific permissions and requirements.

Required Attribution: Citation and reference of URIs (hyperlinks)