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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 0.242 m, Max. Pres. Length 0.318 m, Pres. Thickness 0.022 - 0.025 m
Condition Preserves parts of the top, bottom, and left sides in many pieces. Worn.
Description Preserves: trophy, capital and part of column; hindquarters, except part of tail, front legs, head and neck of third horse; head, shoulders and cape of third rider; most of rear part of second horse; most of second rider except for head, arms, and lower legs. Fine detail on the forelock and browbands of third horse. Faint 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)
152.311 10.268
154.208 6.473
Local Grid (X)
  • 3.0
  • 6.0
Local Grid (Y)
  • D
  • G
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19680105 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/a1d0e323-1770-4b80-7444-db5e9ccf0041> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19680105

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