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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Object Type Unclassified / Debris / Misc.
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Possible Faience Fragment
Year Excavated 2007
Size Max. Pres. Length 0.031 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.016 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.006 m
Condition All surfaces are heavily worn, encrusted, cracked, and chipped. The exterior surface has a layer of thick, slightly rough, glaze-like coating.
Description A vessel fragment, possibly faience, is convex and increases in thickness from one break edge to another. The biscuit, though encrusted, appears to be a pale orange color, and the exterior has a grayish-turquoise covering on it. Parts of this area have been chipped away.
Fabric Description Possible Faience
Munsell Color Fabric - 5YR 7/8 reddish yellow, Surface Glaze - GLEY 7/2 pale green
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
189.70 -50.5 27.47
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Catalog ID Note
  • 20070033
  • 2007033
Conservation Treatment Notes
  • swabbed w/ alcohol
  • swabbed w/ 50:50 alcohol:tap water; cleaned break edges w/ scalpel; consolidated cracks & break edges w/ 5% B-72 in acetone; adhered w/ HMG cellulose nitrate
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date
  • 2007-08-02
  • 2007-07-04
Conservation Treatment Year 2007
Conservation People student, Steven Miller
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Catalog ID Note 2007033
Conservation Treatment Notes cleaned break edges w/ scalpel; consolidated break edges w/ 5% B-72 in acetone; adhered w/ HMG cellulose nitrate
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2008-07-31
Conservation Treatment Year 2008
Conservation People Steven Millerstudent
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Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
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Vocabulary: British Museum Thesaurus
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Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 20070033 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 46/2007, ID:585/Locus 4". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/3612cbf5-9589-4298-0f17-b26e5d961eeb> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20070033

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