Details for Artifact 237
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Portugal (Cat No:7759bis)
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Photograph by K. Lillios, courtesy of Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
Leisner and Leisner 1959, Tafel 34, 1, 4
Formal Data
Raw Material: dark grey slate
Height: 16.5 cm
Weight: 376 g
Condition: complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: trapezoidal
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Classic
Height: 16.5 cm
Weight: 376 g
Condition: complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: trapezoidal
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Classic
Plaque Details
Strap Shape: straight
Strap Angle: vertical
No. Left Straps: 1
No. Right Straps: 1
Collar Shape: straight
Collar Fill: filled
Other Top Motifs:
Strap Angle: vertical
No. Left Straps: 1
No. Right Straps: 1
Collar Shape: straight
Collar Fill: filled
Other Top Motifs:
rays
straps
Bands: 0 straps
Structure: simple
Registers: 04
Elements: triangle
Iterations: 6, 6, 6, 6
Registers: 04
Elements: triangle
Iterations: 6, 6, 6, 6
Engraving Style: regular
Specific Markers:
Specific Markers:
Ambiguous Field/Ground
General Markers: Ambiguous Field/Ground
unusual design on top; also illustrated in Almagro Gorbea 1973, fig. 40, 46; part of lower base appears to be reconstructed, also in http://www.matriznet.dgpc.pt/MatrizNet/Objectos/ObjectosConsultar.aspx?IdReg=129365