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Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Akroterion
Fragment Noted true
Year Excavated 1967
Object Type (notes) Cut-Out Modelled Akroterion, Fragment*
Size Max. Pres. Length 0.166 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.096 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.045 m
Condition Broken across one end; chipped, especially at preserved, pointed end; surface encrustation.
Description Fragment of a "cut-out" modelled akroterion(?)(or wing of a sculptured animal?) preserving section of a curving member ending in a blunt point; the back is flat and has a rough, unfinished surface; the curving edges are smooth; rounded (inner edge) or flat (outer edge near finished end); the front has a flattened top surface but towards the edges of the fragment its outline is rounded.
Fabric Description Murlo terracotta, fired brown on surface, gray at core.
Has note
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Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19670492 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Civitate A/Civitate A 2E/1967, ID:157". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/5fd1b418-c987-4bde-ecb1-571ca06a0628> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19670492

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