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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
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 0.022 m, Min. Pres. Diameter Approximately 0.008 m, Pres. Diameter of Hole at Base Approximately 0.005 m
Condition Surface abraded and chipped. One hole out of edge of base, otherwise intact. Encrusted.
Description Small spindle whorl of truncated conical shape with slightly curved sides and a convex base in the center of which is a large depression around hole. Convex area of base decorqated with incised slashed lines radiating from interior edge to exterior edge. Nineteen lines in all.
Fabric Description Impasto, fired grayish-black on exterior, reddish-buff at core.
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
195.467 26.071
Local Grid (X) 52.0
Local Grid (Y) J
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19720153 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/92b57b71-bc9d-431b-65ec-5130412d69e2> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k24m95b4z

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