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Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Tile (not specified)
Fragment Noted true
Year Excavated 2003
Object Type (notes) Vitrified Tile Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Length 0.250 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.108 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.034 m
Condition Tile fragment is restored from two smaller fragments and preserves very heavily warped, worn, cracked, pitted, and irregular surfaces distorted due to vitrification. One end preserves a large inclusion 0.023 m in max. pres. diameter. The more heavily cracked surface bears a piece of carbon 0.015 m x 0.008 m.
Description A large, heavily vitrified tile fragment preserves a warped, concave finished surface, a convex unfinished surface, and one finished edge bearing two scored ridges with a flattened recessed area 0.010 m in width. The tile thickens noticibly toward the interior break edge. The unfinished surface also preserves a slightly raised area of attachment for plaster measuring 0.053 m x 0.019 m coming from the interior break edge.
Fabric Description Terracotta
Munsell Color Mottled - 7.5YR 5/1 gray, 7.5YR 6/1 gray, Plaster Attachment 10YR 5/3 brown
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Catalog ID Note 20030051
Conservation Treatment Notes drybrushed; swabbed & brushed w/ 60:40 alcohol:tap water & blotted dry w/ paper towel; removed damp soil w/ scalpel; plaster consolidated w/ 5% Acryloid B-72 in acetone (applied by brush); adhered w/ 50% Acryloid B-48 in acetone
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2003-07-14
Conservation Treatment Year 2003
Conservation People Simona Cristanetti
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 20030051 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 28 South/2003, ID:502". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/55364c8b-e613-4c36-b1e6-d0e9fdbaa93e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20030051

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