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Chronology Probably Orientalizing
Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Unspecified / Misc.
Year Excavated 1971
Decorative Technique
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Painted Terracotta
Size Max. Pres. Width 0.134 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.098 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.025 m
Condition Broken on two sides. Two finished edges and two finished surfaces are preserved. Paint is preserved on one edge and one surface. Slip is preserved on all surfaces. Surface is slightly cracked but well preserved.
Description Fragment of painted terracotta, perhaps part of a raking sima, preserves portions of the right edge and the top edge. Traces of white paint are preserved on the top edge and the exterior concave surface. Decoration in red paint is preserved on the exterior. The decoration consists of portions of three arches. Each arch is composed of two lines, one within the other. The sides of the outside lines connect. Perhaps imitating the strigils of the cavetto in paint.
Fabric Description Murlo terracotta
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
150.181 38.806
Local Grid (X) 5.0
Local Grid (Y) H
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19710959 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 17/1971, ID:68". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2d61cad6-e28e-4a7d-10c8-bd8d6798456d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19710959

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