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Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Frieze Plaque
Year Excavated 1968
Motif
Decorative Technique Painted
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Horserace Frieze Plaque Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.238 m, Max. Pres. Length 0.390 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.023 m
Condition Broken at left and at lower left corner. Preserving right edge, 0.220 m of cornice and 0.190 m of base.
Description Preserves all of first horse, except foreleg, and first rider, second horse missing hindquarters, second rider entire, and on CA 2J piece (19670156), lower hind leg of second horse. Guilloche at base. Ten studs. Traces of red paint on left-hand fragment.
Fabric Description Terracotta. Coarse grain with bits of stone and mica. Fired orange.
Has note
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
78.311 3.985
Object Coordinate Notes Stratum C
Local Grid (X) (Note) Z
Local Grid (Y) 11
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19680528 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Civitate A/Civitate A 2J/1968, ID:163". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/a92d1338-18fd-4345-7d9c-6b096849c691> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19680528

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