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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Vessel
Motif Female
Year Excavated 1973
Decorative Technique
Vessel Form Form unspecified
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Impasto Handle Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.047 m, Max. Pres. Length 0.038 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.010 m
Condition Fragment of the exterior section of a double handle. Broken below the waist level. Broken above in irregular fracture: on her right side, above the shoulder; on her left, just above the arm. Burned.
Description Fragment of the exterior section of a double handle. Preserves the middle body of the molded figure of a woman, viewed frontally. From the bottom break, two wide vertical bands (tresses) spring up, each divided by a vertical incision. From the lateral sides extend an arm, bent at the elbow. The hands, now worn, each hold one of these vertical bands (tresses). On the outside of each vertical band is another (wings), the width of which gradually increases as it proceeds upwards.
Fabric Description Impasto. Fine grain. Burned orange and gray.
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Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19730272 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 18 Northern Extension/1972, ID:72". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/847f9e0b-40d3-493b-4b5f-116d41615504> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19730272

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