Details for Artifact 160
Museu dos Serviços Geológicos, Portugal (Cat No:302.13, 16/8/922)
Portugal > Lisboa > Sintra > Bélas > Dolmen das Conchadas
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Photograph by K. Lillios, courtesy of Museu dos Serviços Geológicos
Leisner and Leisner 1965, Tafel 27, 64
Formal Data
Raw Material: dark grey slate
Height: 15 cm
Weight: 151 g
Condition: complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: trapezoidal
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: intermediate
Perforations: 2
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Classic
Height: 15 cm
Weight: 151 g
Condition: complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: trapezoidal
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: intermediate
Perforations: 2
Perforation Form: biconical
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:
fishnet
Bands: 0
Structure: hybrid
Registers: 03
Elements: triangle, inverted triangle
triangle
inverted triangle
Iterations: 3, 3, 3
Registers: 03
Elements: triangle, inverted triangle
triangle
inverted triangle
Iterations: 3, 3, 3
Engraving Style: intermediate
Specific Markers:
Specific Markers:
Irregular Design Element/s
Misperforation
Ambiguous Field/Ground
General Markers: Misperforation
Ambiguous Field/Ground
Evidence for Chaîne Opératoire
Ambiguous Field/Ground
Poor Quality
Mnemonic?
Mnemonic
Chaîne Opératoire-Misc.
Ambiguous Field/Ground
Poor Quality
Mnemonic?
Mnemonic
Chaîne Opératoire-Misc.
only 4 register lines engraved, and 3 on obverse - could be evidence of mistake
also partially engraved on reverse, possibly an error, in which 4 rows were produced, instead of the 3 of the finished piece; also illustrated in Almagro Gorbea 1973, fig. 41, 58, broken in at least 7 pieces but repaired