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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 0.304 m, Pres. Thickness 0.018-0.021 m
Condition Broken on left; pieces missing from top and bottom. In many pieces. Worn.
Description Preserves: first horse except section of stomach and tail; first rider except most of head, tip of cape, and lower right leg; second horse except hindquarters, top of head, and part of shoulders; and second rider except cape. 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)
151.994 9.319
154.208 6.473
Local Grid (X)
  • 3.0
  • 6.0
Local Grid (Y)
  • E
  • G
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19680115 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/a64d809c-c1f9-43b0-cf7b-d8b19ef9b6cf> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19680115

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