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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Fabric Category Ivory
Object Type Figurine / Statuette
Motif Female
Year Excavated 1971
Decorative Technique Incised
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Ivory Human Head, Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.018 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.009 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.006 m
Condition Composed of two fragments; broken on all sides except front; chipped and encrusted.
Description Small ivory head, probably female, modeled in the round; one fragment preserves the bottom half of the face with an abraded nose, thick lips, rounded chin, and part of tress at left side of face; second fragment preserves upper half of head including part of a triangular projecting eye, high-arched brow, and a triple-tiered polos (?) with diagonal incised slashes on the lowest, widest tier.
Fabric Description Ivory
Has note
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Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19710730 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/6ef7782e-7d9d-4049-df37-a135550efddb> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19710730

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