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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Fragment Noted false
Year Excavated 1996
Object Type (notes) Spindle Whorl
Size Max. Pres. Length 0.012 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.017 m, Diameter of Bore Hole 0.004 m
Condition Intact except for a small chip on the truncated end. Surface heavily worn and pitted.
Description Spindle whorl is a truncated biconical shape. The wide end displays a concave depression; a bore hole runs through the center. The outer edge of the more truncated cone preserves traces of a series of opposed diagonal hatches, some of which meet at apexes and nadirs.
Fabric Description Orange impasto
Munsell Color 10R 4/1 dark reddish gray
Has note
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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Local Grid (X) (Note) B
Local Grid (Y) 4
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19960004 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Civitate B/Civitate B 30/1996, ID:235". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/72e46e4a-f6b7-4771-d118-d9b528026176> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19960004

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