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Year Excavated 2017
Object Type (notes) Terracotta Fragments with Vitrified Material
Size Max. Pres. Length 0.104 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.056 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.028 m
Condition Two joined fragments plus ten associated fragments. All surfaces heavily worn, pitted and encrusted. Surfaces irregular and mottled in color due to burning and vitrification.
Description A large, flat fragment of terracotta preserving one irregular, unfinished surface, and one finished surface, much of which is blackened, bubbly, and porous due to vitrification, with a lump of adhered slag in one corner. All associated fragments either bear evidence of vitrification, in the form of blackened and porous surfaces, on at least on side, or are vitrified all the way through. The vitrified surface is magnetic, indicating the occurrence of metalworking activities
Trench T90
Date Cataloged 2017-07-31
Year 2017
Record Type Small Find
Munsell Color 5YR 7/8 reddish yellow, 10YR 5/1 gray
Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Unclassified / Debris / Misc.
Object Relationship Note
  • Related Object: PC20170022

    element of terracotta vitrified on a flat surface, indicating that it is not part of a crucible; found in close proximity

  • Related Object: PC20170035

    element of terracotta vitrified on a convex surface, indicating that it is not part of a crucible; found in close proximity

  • Related Object: PC20170051

    element of terracotta vitrified on a flat surface, indicating that it is not part of a crucible; found in close proximity

  • Related Object: PC20170055

    element of terracotta vitrified on a flat surface, indicating that it is not part of a crucible; found in close proximity

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Contributor
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Anna Eleanor Soifer info
Vocabulary: Murlo
Subject
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Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Iron age info
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Open Context References: Iron age hub
Temporal Coverage
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Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Anthony Tuck info
Vocabulary: Murlo
Suggested Citation

Anna Eleanor Soifer. (2017) "PC 20170023 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 90/T90 2017". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/c1393505-97d3-4dbe-abf3-00181e84bbf0> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20170023

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