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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Akroterion
Year Excavated 1970
Motif Animal
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Animal Hoof and Leg Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.116 m, Pres. Leg Thickness 0.044-0.058 m at spur, Max. Pres. Diameter of Hoof 0.085 m
Condition Broken at top. Surface preservation good with bits of paint.
Description Presumably part of a statue placed on the ridge pole of a building because the lower surface of the hoof preserves the scars for attachment to another surface and is slanted relative to the axis of the leg, thus marking the piece as the left leg of an animal.
Fabric Description Murlo terracotta
Has note
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Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19700006 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Agger/Agger 2D/1970, ID:531". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/60029266-d027-4489-1f86-b2dd76efb750> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19700006

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