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Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Decorative Technique Ridged
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Ridged Spindle Whorl Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.021 m, Max. Pres. Diameter 0.024 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Hole 0.004 m
Condition Approximately half of a spindle whorl is restored from five fragments. Surfaces are heavily worn, scratched, and encrusted.
Description Approximately half of a spindle whorl of truncated conical shape is preserved. The break surface reveals a portion of the finished vertical bore hole. The exterior surface preserves seven ridges. The ridges are approximately 0.003 m apart at the base and converge to a single as they proceed towards the head. The base is domed.
Fabric Description Impasto
Munsell Color 2.5YR 6/6 light red
Has note
Photo 20070322 Bottom
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
188.27 -46.67 27.05
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Catalog ID Note 20070322
Conservation Treatment Notes swabbed w/ 50:50 alcohol:tap water; consolidated break edges w/ ~5% Acryloid B-72 in acetone; adhered with HMG cellulose nitrate
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2007-08-03
Conservation Treatment Year 2007
Conservation People student
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 20070322 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 45/2007, ID:584/Locus 7". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/b94ab7dc-37fa-453e-878c-b52798686059> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k22r3sw1m

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