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Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Akroterion
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Statue Fragment, Footrest
Size Max. Pres. Length 0.20 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.125 m, Max. Pres. Width of Finished Upper Surface to Right of Right Foot at Front 0.020 m, at back 0.040 m, Max. Pres. Width of Right Foot Scar 0.070 m, Max. Pres. Width of Surface Within Scar indicating Outline of Right Foot 0.060 m, Max. Pres. Length of Right Foot Scar 0.130 m (to point where scar curves outwards 0.10 m), Pres. Width of Surface between Feet Scars 0.045-0.055 m, Max. Pres. Width of Left Foot Scar 0.035 m, Max. Pres. Length of Left Foot Scar 0.078 m, Pres. Thickness of Finished Front Surface 0.040-0.045 m, Max. Pres. Thickness at Back where Piece Widens to form part of Ridge pole 0.115 m
Condition Almost entire footrest; broken at back and left side; heavy black encrustation and traces of red paint.
Description Fragment preserves footrest of same type as 19710302, a rectangular support projecting from the long side of the ridge pole (broken at point of attachment) which narrows toward front; underside curves downward to ridge pole. Upper surface preserves scar for right foot, the smooth intervening surface between the feet and the inner line and the outer scar for attachment of the left foot; surface within scars is uneven; smooth surface to right of right foot. Scars of feet protrude beyond the front of the footrest.
Fabric Description Murlo terracotta
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Local Grid (X) 0.0
Local Grid (Y) D
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19710468 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/5318d6b9-d321-4a23-08c4-5fdeb3480703> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2w37qw4n

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