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Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Decorative Technique Ridged
Year Excavated 2004
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Ridged Spindle Whorl
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.017 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Base 0.025 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Hole 0.005 m
Condition Intact; all surfaces are worn, pitted, cracked, and encrusted. The spindle whorl bears two chips: one on the side (max. pres. dimensions 0.013 x 0.017 m) and one on the edge of the base (max. pres. dimensions 0.010 x 0.007 m).
Description A spindle whorl of truncated concial shape preserves portions of 11 vertical ridges spaced approximately 0.006 m apart from top to bottom. A circular depression 0.014 m in max. pres. diameter surrounds the vertical bore hole on the base.
Fabric Description Impasto
Munsell Color 7.5YR 2.5/1 black, 7.5YR 5/4 brown
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
169.16 -54.5 26.88
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Catalog ID Note 20040097
Conservation Treatment Notes removed soil w/ scalpel; swabbed w/ alcohol
Conservation Action cleaned
Conservation Material alcohol
Conservation Treatment Date 2004-07-13
Conservation Treatment Year 2004
Conservation People Rachel Bjornstad
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 20040097 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 36/2004, ID:517/Locus 4". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f31b3dc6-2a57-4145-62e5-5e7cfc45d39f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20040097

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