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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Decorative Technique Ridged
Year Excavated 1997
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Decorated Spindle Whorl
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.015 m, Max. Pres. Diameter 0.020 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Bore Hole 0.004 m
Condition Complete except for a chip at the narrow end. The surface is heavily worn and pitted.
Description Spindle whorl preserves a truncated biconical shape. At the wider end, there is a slight depression. The spindle whorl is decorated with about fifteen flutes that run vertically on both cones, giving the spindle whorl a ridged shape.
Fabric Description Impasto
Munsell Color 10YR 3/1 very dark gray
Has note
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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
-4.0 4.0
-3.0 4.0
-3.0 3.0
-4.0 3.0
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Catalog ID Note 19970008
Conservation Treatment Notes removed soil w/ scalpel, cleaned w/ 50:50 alcohol:tap water
Conservation Action cleaned
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 1997-08-07
Conservation Treatment Year 1997
Conservation People student
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19970008 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Civitate A/Civitate A 41/1997, ID:352". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/a3f10b6e-ae53-4b07-5c0e-ce23e5eebade> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19970008

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