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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Clay
Object Type Architectural::Frieze Plaque
Year Excavated 1968
Motif Horse Race
Decorative Technique Painted
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Horserace Frieze Plaque, Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.240 m, Max. Pres. Length 0.500 m, Pres. Thickness 0.021 - 0.025 m
Condition Broken on right; pieces missing from top and bottom edges and from middle. In many pieces. Worn.
Description Preserves left end of frieze up to and including hindquarters of first horse and tip of cape of first rider. Missing: part of trophy; head and torso of third rider; part of neck of third horse; head of second rider. Traces of red paint.
Fabric Description Coarse clay with bits of stone fired orange-brown.
Has note
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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
151.362 7.421
150.413 1.413
Local Grid (X)
  • 3.0
  • 4.0
Local Grid (Y)
  • G
  • M
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19680127 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 5E/1968, ID:48". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9894126e-d4f7-4759-d885-1c7116c8423b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19680127

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