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Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Decorative Technique Ridged
Year Excavated 2000
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Impasto Spindle Whorl
Size
Condition The surface is heavily worn with slight pitting.
Description A complete spindle whorl, roughly conical in shape, is preserved. The sides of the spindle whorl gently slope down from the top, and curve under into the base. The exterior surface is divided into approximately seventeen ridged segments less than 0.001 m apart. At the top of the spindle whorl, the area encircling the bore hole is slightly depressed. At the base, the area encircling the bore hole, approximately 0.009 m, in diameter, is deeply indented.
Fabric Description Impasto
Munsell Color Mottled - GLEY N 4/ dark gray, 5YR 4/6 yellowish red
Has note
Photo 20000136 Back
Photo 20000136 Front
Photo 20000136 Profile
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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
166.75 -50.0 100.0
167.0 130.0
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 20000136 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 22 West Extension/2000, ID:424". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f170f80d-db2c-4534-de2f-f5bd1cb3e13b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20000136

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