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Fabric Category Ivory
Object Type Figurine / Statuette
Motif Female
Year Excavated 1971
Decorative Technique Incised
Fragment Noted false
Object Type (notes) Ivory Woman
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.017 m, Max. Pres. Width of abdomen 0.010 m, Max. Pres. Thickness through shoulder 0.009 m, Max. Pres. Thickness through abdomen 0.006 m
Condition Restored from numerous fragments; broken at head, front of chest, front of waist and both sides of base; heavily chipped along the sides, burnt.
Description Ivory standing woman in profile showing the left side; back is smooth and flat, front is rounded or three-dimensional; preserves traces of a rectangular base; the long skirt from the narrowed waist down is hemi-sherical in cross section; at the bottom in front it slopes away to the right showing traces of projecting feet; the slope of the skirt is articulated by an incised groove following the edge of the hem; the upper torso is roundish in shape and preserves the upper part of the left arm which is slightly raised and held out; on top of her left shoulder is preserved a right hand and wrist (possibly that of 19710681 or less possibly her own?); a bracelet is indicated on her upper left arm by two horizantal incised lines; the head is missing but traces of the long, wavy treses are visible down the back and in front of the chest; the chest also preserves a curved groove near the neck indicating the top of the garment
Fabric Description Burnt ivory
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
147.147 16.678
Local Grid (X) 1.0
Local Grid (Y) C
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19710205 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro Rectangle/Tesoro Rectangle 7/1971, ID:283". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f9079f98-e629-43d1-13d7-e5383b9550b8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19710205

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