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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 0.266 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.023 m
Condition Broken on right side; piece missing at top left. Worn.
Description Preserves: column and most of trophy; third horse, except for middle section, front legs, nose, and ears; rider to the bottom of cape; and part of tail of second horse. Traces of red paint.
Fabric Description Coarse clay with bits of stone fired orange-brown.
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
151.362 7.421
151.678 5.208
Local Grid (X)
  • 3.0
  • 4.0
Local Grid (Y)
  • G
  • I
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19680103 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/b5301f4d-1c59-45fa-1763-f9582e8ada82> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19680103

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