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Fabric Category Iron
Object Type Fastener::Nail
Fragment Noted false
Year Excavated 2007
Object Type (notes) Iron Nail
Size Max. Pres. Length 0.060 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Head 0.011 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Shaft 0.005 m
Condition All surfaces are heavily pitted, worn, cracked, and encrusted due to corrosion and oxidation.
Description An iron nail preserves a rectangular slightly flattened head that tapers into a rectangular shaft. The shaft terminates in a point, but may be broken off before what would have been the complete length of the shaft.
Fabric Description Iron
Munsell Color 10YR 2/1 Black, 5YR 5/8 Yellowish Red
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
189.4 -49.4 27.01
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Catalog ID Note 20070197
Conservation Treatment Notes removed soil and corrosion products w/ scalpel, glass bristle brush; brushed w/ acetone; adhered w/ ~50% Acryloid B-48 in acetone
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2007-07-27
Conservation Treatment Year 2007
Conservation People Steven Miller
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Catalog ID Note 20070197
Conservation Treatment Notes removed corrosion w/ scalpel; adhered w/ 50% Acryloid B-48 in acetone
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2012-07-23
Conservation Treatment Year 2012
Conservation People Elizabeth Frost
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Catalog ID Note 20070197
Conservation Treatment Notes removed corrosion w/ scalpel; adhered w/ 50% Acryloid B-48 in acetone
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2014-07-23
Conservation Treatment Year 2014
Conservation People Steven Miller
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Catalog ID Note 20070197
Conservation Treatment Notes immersed in acetone; brushed w/ ~3.5% tannic acid in ~98.5:1.5 distilled water:alcohol w/ a trace of phosphoric acid (5 coats)
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2015-07-22
Conservation Treatment Year 2015
Conservation People Steven Miller
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 20070197 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 46/2007, ID:585/Locus 7". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2436345f-a114-4d7b-9426-c3aaf7119f0b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20070197

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