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Year Excavated 2023
Date Cataloged 2023-07-26
Object Type Architectural::Antefix
Munsell Color 5YR 5/8 - yellowish red; 10YR 6/3 - pale brown
Description A fragment of terracotta antefix preserving more than half of the face of the female figure. The convex exterior is decorated with hair, a hairline, one eye, the nose, more than half of the mouth, and chin. The fragment is broken transversely through the face beyond the nose. It is additionally transversely broken at the point of attachment of the hair framing the face. The concave interior is roughly finished. There is an attachment scar along the edge opposite the hair on top of the head for attachment to the cover tile. The area opposite the chin preserves a portion of finished edge. All other edges are break edges.
Trench T26
Year 2023
Record Type Small Find
Grid (X) 177.97
Grid (Y) -66.19
Fabric Category Terracotta
Motif
Decorative Technique Mold Made
Object Relationship Note In 2024, found to join with PC 19830071.
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Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2024) "pc 20230068 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 26/T26 2023/Locus 33". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/c94a4b93-2d5e-4c70-95b2-752fb6c7c4cf> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20230068

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