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Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Vessel
Vessel Form Cup
Year Excavated 1971
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Impasto Cup Fragmentary
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.098 m (including handle), Max. Pres. Height to Rim 0.056 m, Max. Pres. Diameter at Rim 0.125 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Base 0.056 m
Condition Fragmentary cup restored from 12 pieces. Approximately half of rim and side walls preserved, along with entire base. Outside section of double handle almost entirely preserved, while only inner section preserved near rim. Burned.
Description Fragmentary impasto cup preserving a low ring base (0.007 m high) and a wide, shallow cup proper with side walls curving out gradually from the base, then steeply at the point where the exterior portion of the handle joins the vessel to finally terminate in a straight rim. Portions of an undecorated, vertical double-handle are preserved, which consists of an interior section joined at the rim and an exterior portion attached to the outside walls; each section shows lateral sides tapering inwards toward the top juncture (now missing) and an elliptical cross-section.
Fabric Description Impasto, a fine orange-brown clay with few noticeable impurities; surface shades from black to orange. Perhaps badly burned bucchero.
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Local Grid (X)
  • 0.0
  • 1.0
Local Grid (Y)
  • A
  • B
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19710835 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro Rectangle/Tesoro Rectangle 7/1971, ID:283". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/4b368aa6-04be-430a-515a-a3fbda0ad192> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19710835

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