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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Motif Chevron
Decorative Technique Incised
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Decorated Spindle Whorl
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.022 m, Max. Pres. Diameter 0.027 m, Min. Pres. Diameter 0.008 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Hole at Base Approximately 0.006 m
Condition Surface abraded with small chips all over.
Description Spindle whorl of truncated conical shape with slightly uneven sides and a convex base decorated with an incised chevron design, composed of four unevenly spaced chevrons, one facing in the opposite direction from the others. Line forming one side of chevron in two cases extends beyond the "V" of the chevron to the hole in center.
Fabric Description Impasto, fired a grayish-black on exterior.
Has note
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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
197.367 25.449
Local Grid (X) 54.0
Local Grid (Y) J
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19720150 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/83f656bd-e105-4993-7103-d3cb28244a0f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2rf5qg2r

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