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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Decorative Technique Stamped
Year Excavated 2007
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Stamped Spindle Whorl
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.015 m, Max. Pres. Diameter 0.023 m
Condition Spindle whorl is intact and has a shallow chip along one side from the top perforation to the base. Surfaces are worn and encrusted.
Description A spindle whorl of truncated conical shape is decorated around its base with portions of eight circular stamps, each consisting of a dot inside a circle. Each stamp is 0.005 m in diameter.
Fabric Description Impasto
Munsell Color 2.5YR 4/1 dark reddish gray, 2.5YR 7/6 light red
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
188.20 -50.6 27.6
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Catalog ID Note
  • 2007017
  • 20070017
Conservation Treatment Notes
  • swabbed w/ 50:50 alcohol:tap water
  • removed soil w/ cocktail stick; drybrushed; brushed w/ alcohol
Conservation Action cleaned
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date
  • 2007-06-29
  • 2007-07-23
Conservation Treatment Year 2007
Conservation People student
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 20070017 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 46/2007, ID:585/Locus 4". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/c7b5a0ab-34b2-4698-ae20-69d3e32dfa58> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20070017

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