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Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Textile Related::Loom Weight
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Loom Weight
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.098 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.063 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.062 m
Condition Nearly complete loom weight has pits from missing inclusions and some cracks. The bottom surface is significantly more worn than other surfaces. The entire weight is encrusted, worn, and preserves numerous dark and light inclusions.
Description Nearly complete loom weight has a perforation approximately 0.008 m in diameter. On the top is an off-center circular depression. The weight is trapezoidal in shape, but the sides are not angled steeply, giving it a more blocky appearance.
Fabric Description Terracotta
Munsell Color 10YR 7/4 very pale brown
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
1.1 -5.10
Object Coordinate Notes Recovered 0.050 m above Vescovado datum point
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Catalog ID Note null
Conservation Treatment Notes drybrushed; removed soil from suspension hole w/ cocktail stick & small leaf trowel; swabbed w/ tap water
Conservation Action cleaned
Conservation Material tap water
Conservation Treatment Date 2006-07-11
Conservation Treatment Year 2006
Conservation People student
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "VdM20060025 from Europe/Italy/Vescovado di Murlo/Upper Vescovado/Vescovado 2/2006, ID:577/Locus 1". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f5d404a6-7f4d-412e-a452-169a8bc184a7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k24746t20

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