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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Akroterion
Year Excavated 1977
Motif Seated Figure
Decorative Technique Painted
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Terracotta Statue Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.108 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.077 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.070 m, Average Pres. Thickness of Side Wall 0.035 m
Description A terracotta statue fragment, possibly from the throne of a seated statue akroterion. The fragment is vertical in profile, rectangular/ovoid in section, solid above and hollow below. The upper portion seems to have been painted all around; the surface is subtly modeled. Perhaps this is the corner of a throne where leg and seat joined?
Fabric Description Murlo terracotta
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
137.84 -8.6
Local Grid (X) (Note) D
Local Grid (Y) 2
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19770238 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro Rectangle/Tesoro Rectangle 11/1977, ID:291". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/268cb5cf-e26b-4433-7d56-bfa82a7cf13b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19770238

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