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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Fabric Category Impasto
Object Type Textile Related::Spindle Whorl
Decorative Technique Burnished
Year Excavated 1996
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Fragment of a Spindle Whorl
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.015 m, Max. Pres. Diameter 0.022 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Bore Hole 0.004 m
Condition Restored from two pieces. There are several large chips on the wide end. The tip of the short end is broken off. Very little of the original surface is preserved. The surface is worn.
Description Fragment of a spindle whorl preserves a truncated biconical shape. The bore hole is completely preserved. There is a slight depression around the bore on the wide end. There are a series of shallow grooves running from the narrow end to the wide end, indicating a burnished surface.
Fabric Description Dark Impasto
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
144.0 -29.0
145.0 -29.0
145.0 -30.0
144.0 -30.0
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19960085 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro South Flank/Tesoro South Flank 0/1996, ID:305". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/33d14ab3-8380-41d0-188a-f2f49eaed569> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19960085

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