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Chronology Securely Orientalizing
Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Decorative Technique Incised
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Spindle Whorl
Size Max. Pres. Length 0.017 m, Max. Pres. Diameter 0.021 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Bore Hole 0.004 m
Condition Chipped at the narrow end; otherwise, complete. The surface is slightly worn and pitted, and no slip is preserved.
Description Small spindle whorl preserves truncated conical shape. There is a shallow depression centered on the bore hole at the wider end. There is decoration on the wider end consisting of five truncated triangles arranged in an irregular five-pointed star. Each arm of the star is composed of incised lines angling toward the point of each triangle.
Fabric Description Impasto
Munsell Color 2.5Y 3/1 very dark gray
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
152.1 -39.4
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Catalog ID Note 19970046
Conservation Treatment Notes removed soil w/ scalpel, cleaned w/ alcohol/tap water
Conservation Action cleaned
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 1997-07-22
Conservation Treatment Year 1997
Conservation People Susanna Pancaldo
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19970046 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 21/1997, ID:349". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/919b2c24-baf1-4b6a-44b8-e478a921f8d8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2959h76s

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