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Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Textile Related::Loom Weight
Decorative Technique Pierced
Year Excavated 2004
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Loom Weight
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.085 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.064, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.053 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Hole 0.010 m
Condition Largely intact. All surfaces are extremely worn, cracked, pitted, chipped, encrusted, and mottled in color; numerous inclusions. The loom weight is significanly more worn, cracked, and mottled in color on one of the wider faces, especially around the bore hole.
Description A loom weight, trapezoidal in shape, preserves a rounded top and increases in thickness and width to a rectangular base with rounded corners. The loom weight is pierced laterally by a cylindrical bore hole approximately 0.026 m down from the top.
Fabric Description Terracotta
Munsell Color 5YR 5/6 yellowish red, 5YR 8/1 white, 2.5Y 6/4 light yellowish brown
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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Catalog ID Note 20040172
Conservation Treatment Notes removed soil w/ scalpel; consolidated w/ 5% Acryloid B-72 in acetone
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2004-07-17
Conservation Treatment Year 2004
Conservation People Rachel Bjornstad, Simona Cristanetti
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 20040172 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 36/2004, ID:517/Locus 4". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/93484737-156d-4fb3-2598-de48998a9ef1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20040172

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