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Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Year Excavated
  • 2015
  • 2015
Object Type (notes) Spindle Whorl Fragments
Size Max. pres. height: 0.016 m, max. pres. diameter of bottom: 0.020 m, max. pres. diameter of top: 0.008 m, max pres. diameter of perforation: 0.004 m, max. pres. with of depression around perforated hole: 0.003 m
Condition Surfaces are worn and encrusted. The piece is comprised of three fragments rejoined during conservation and one associated fragments.
Fabric Description Impasto
Munsell Color 2.5 YR N6/ reddish grey
Description A bell shaped spindle whorl preserves a relatively flat upper surface 0.008 m in diameter, and then flares out to a rounded base. The bottom surface is rounded and there is a circular depression around the hole.
Legacy Database Artifact ID 20150065
Year Cataloged 2015
Page 559
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Catalog ID Note 20150065
Conservation Treatment Notes consolidated crumbling break edges w/ 5% Acryloid B-72 in acetone; adhered w/ HMG cellulose nitrate; drybrushed; swabbed w/ alcohol
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2015-07-31
Conservation Treatment Year 2015
Conservation People Elizabeth Frost, Steven Miller
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Contributor
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Cara L. Polsini info
Vocabulary: Murlo
Subject
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Coverage
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Iron age info
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Open Context References: Iron age hub
Temporal Coverage
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Creator
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Anthony Tuck info
Vocabulary: Murlo
Suggested Citation

Cara L. Polsini. (2017) "PC 20150065 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 62/2015, ID:697/Locus 19". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9a807412-2b40-4050-8fb3-adcdeefa34ee> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20150065

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