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Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Motif Circles
Year Excavated 1998
Decorative Technique Impressed
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Decorated Spindle Whorl
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.011 m, Max. Pres. Diameter 0.016 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Bore Hole 0.003 m
Condition Intact. Complete. The surface is slightly worn, but generally well preserved.
Description Spindle whorl preserves roughly conical shape. At the wide end, the spindle whorl turns in sharply, with a depression around the central bore hole. Decoration consists of two series of impressed circles. One series is on the wide end, next to the depression. The other is near the bottom of the upper portion. Thirteen circles are preserved on the bottom register, and 13 on the top.
Fabric Description Impasto
Munsell Color 2.5Y 4/3 olive brown
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
188.0 -53.0
189.0 -53.0
189.0 -54.0
188.0 -54.0
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19980038 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 26 South/1998, ID:358". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d3850d8a-b27e-4a95-a989-f126815c5bec> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19980038

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