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Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Antefix
Year Excavated
  • 2012
  • 2012
Motif
Decorative Technique Relief
Object Type (notes) Gorgon Hair Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.052 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.040 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.020 m
Condition Restored from four fragments with some plaster infill. Surfaces are worn, pitted, chipped, and encrusted; white inclusions are visible throughout the fabric. Fresh breaks and chips are due to damage from modern tools used in excavation.
Fabric Description Terracotta
Munsell Color 5YR 7/8 reddish yellow, 5Y 6/3 pale olive
Description Fragment of the end of the hair of the proper right side of a gorgon antefix preserves the bottom finished surface and portions of the three locks of hair, the outermost being the thinnest in width.
Legacy Database Artifact ID 20120207
Year Cataloged 2012
Page 125
Depth Notes Recovered from baulk trim; elevation is approximate.
Photo 20120207 Back
Photo 20120207 Front
Photo 20120207 Profile
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
57.30 -36.0 26.95
58.5 -37.0 27.05
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Catalog ID Note 20120207
Conservation Treatment Notes drybrushed; removed soil w/ scalpel; swabbed w/ alcohol; consolidated break edges w/ 5% Acryloid B-72 in acetone; adhered w/ 50% Acryloid B-48 in acetone; filled w/ glass microballoons in Acryloid B-72 in 90:10 acetone:alcohol; in-painted w/ acrylic paint
Conservation Action
Conservation Material
Conservation Treatment Date 2012-07-24
Conservation Treatment Year 2012
Conservation People Elizabeth Frost
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Depicts
Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
Gorgons info
Vocabulary: MANTO
Open Context References: Gorgons hub
Contributor
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Theresa Huntsman info
Vocabulary: Murlo
Subject
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Iron age info
Vocabulary: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Open Context References: Iron age hub
Temporal Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Anthony Tuck info
Vocabulary: Murlo
Suggested Citation

Theresa Huntsman. (2017) "PC 20120207 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Civitate B/Civitate B 55/2012, ID:649/Locus 6". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/bb89fecf-54d6-465d-aa1c-44f56fd9603e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_20120207

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