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Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Decorative Technique Incised
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Decorated Spindle Whorl
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.015 m, Max. Pres. Diameter 0.019 m, Pres. Diameter of Hole 0.004 m - 0.005 m
Condition Surface abraded and chipped, particularly near base. Some encrustation.
Description Spindle whorl of truncated conical shape with slightly curved sides and a convex base in the center of which is a depression around the hole. Convex area of base is decorated with incised strokes forming "V" shapes in a star-like pattern of twelve irregular "V" shapes.
Fabric Description Impasto, fired grayish-black on the outside, orange on the inside.
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
188.831 25.089
Local Grid (X) 46.0
Local Grid (Y) G
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19720129 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 19/1972, ID:77". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/7d6ec5ae-7d1d-4cad-f51c-9928ed7fc088> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k27d2v781

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