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Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Clay
Object Type Architectural::Antefix
Year Excavated 1968
Motif Gorgon
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Antefix, Gorgon Head
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.144 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.164 m, Max. Pres. Thickness at Nose 0.045 m.
Condition Broken on most sides. Worn.
Description The hair is missing except around the left ear, where one strand survives and above the nose. There is a break on the right side coming from the center of the forehead through the right eye and removing the right ear. The details are not sharp. The "fangs" on each side of the mouth contain two incisors. The back is smooth, but on the right side the cover tile scar can be seen.
Fabric Description Coarse clay with bits of stone and mica fired to an orange-brown on the exterior, brown on the interior. Traces of red paint.
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
88.119 -4.606
Local Grid (X) (Note) A
Local Grid (Y) 7
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Consists of
Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
Has type
Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
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Depicts
Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
Gorgons info
Vocabulary: MANTO
Open Context References: Gorgons hub
Subject
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Iron age info
Vocabulary: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Open Context References: Iron age hub
Temporal Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Anthony Tuck info
Vocabulary: Murlo
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19680005 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Civitate A/Civitate A 2G/1968, ID:160". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/e4d61282-aae0-44b7-712e-fdb7eaf133af> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19680005

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