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Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Fragment Noted true
Year Excavated 2007
Object Type (notes) Spindle Whorl Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.014 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Base 0.022 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Head 0.008 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Hole 0.003 m
Condition Restored from five fragments. Approximately one third of the spindle whorl is missing, broken diagonally from the base. Surfaces are heavily worn, chipped, and pitted.
Description The fragment, broken diagonally, preserves approximately two thirds of a spindle whorl of a truncated conical shape. There is a circular depression around the vertical perforation on the bottom surface.
Fabric Description Impasto
Munsell Color 7.5 YR 2.5/1
Has note
Photo 20070185 Base
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
190.3 -50.0 26.98
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Catalog ID Note 20070185
Conservation Treatment Notes removed soil from suspension hole w/ dental pick; swabbed w/ 50:50 alcohol:tap water; consolidated break edges w/ 5% B-72 in acetone; adhered w/ HMG cellulose nitrate
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2007-07-28
Conservation Treatment Year 2007
Conservation People student, Steven Miller
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 20070185 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 46/2007, ID:585/Locus 7". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/831e6c66-b489-467d-4f72-3eb344255077> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20070185

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