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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Clay
Object Type Architectural::Frieze Plaque
Year Excavated 1968
Motif
Decorative Technique Painted
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Horserace Frieze Plaque Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.230 m, Max. Pres. Length 0.400 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.026 m
Condition Broken on three sides; piece of cavetto missing from top. Worn.
Description Preserves third horse, except hindquarters; all of the third rider; second horse except for front legs and lower part of body; all of second rider except for feet; rump, tail, and part of body of first horse; and tip of cape of first rider. Part of the guilloche is preserved below the forequarters of the third horse. Traces of red paint.
Fabric Description Coarse clay with bits of stone fired orange-brown.
Has note
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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
151.994 9.319
150.413 1.413
Local Grid (X)
  • 3.0
  • 4.0
Local Grid (Y)
  • E
  • M
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19680102 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 5E/1968, ID:48". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/deff7ff4-577a-49e9-1e97-c923998e96cb> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19680102

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