Details for Artifact 1501
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Portugal (Cat No:1.TE.1.79.95 A)
Portugal > Evora > Montemor-o-Novo > Santiago do Escoural > Escoural
Formal Data
Raw Material: slate
Height: 6.6 cm
Weight: g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished?
Form: composite
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: intermediate
Perforations: 2
Perforation Form: unknown
Major Type: Classic
Height: 6.6 cm
Weight: g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished?
Form: composite
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: intermediate
Perforations: 2
Perforation Form: unknown
Major Type: Classic
Plaque Details
Strap Shape: n.a.
Strap Angle: n.a.
No. Left Straps: n.a.
No. Right Straps: n.a.
Collar Shape: n.a.
Collar Fill: n.a.
Other Top Motifs:
Strap Angle: n.a.
No. Left Straps: n.a.
No. Right Straps: n.a.
Collar Shape: n.a.
Collar Fill: n.a.
Other Top Motifs:
rays
Bands: 0
Structure: simple
Registers: 04
Elements: triangle
Iterations: 3, 3, 4, 4?
Registers: 04
Elements: triangle
Iterations: 3, 3, 4, 4?
Engraving Style: intermediate
Specific Markers:
General Markers:
Specific Markers:
Idiosyncratic Design
Miscellany
Classic in that this is bipartite and with standard triangles in base, but form and unfilled ray-like designs on top are unusual. Size doesn’t seem right, very small (taken from Matrixnet)