Details for Artifact 335
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Portugal (Cat No:12977, MNA 998.78.49)
Portugal > Portalegre > Avis > Maranhão > Herdade da Ordem 1
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Photograph by K. Lillios, courtesy of Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
Andrade, M. 2016. As placas voticas da ‘Anta Grande’ da Ordem (Maranhão, Avis): um marco na historiografia do estudo das placas de cisto gravadas do Sudoeste peninsular, In Terra e Agua. Escolher sementes, invocar a Deusa. Estudos em Homenagem a Victor S. Gonçalves. Ed. A. C. Sousa, A. Carvalho, and C. Viegas. Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa. Fig. 6
Formal Data
Raw Material: dark grey slate
Height: 18 cm
Weight: 365 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: rectangular
Structure: transitional
No. of Engraved Sides: intermediate
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Transitional
Height: 18 cm
Weight: 365 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: rectangular
Structure: transitional
No. of Engraved Sides: intermediate
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Transitional
Plaque Details
Strap Shape: straight
Strap Angle: vertical
No. Left Straps: 2
No. Right Straps: 3
Collar Shape: n.a.
Collar Fill: n.a.
Other Top Motifs:
Strap Angle: vertical
No. Left Straps: 2
No. Right Straps: 3
Collar Shape: n.a.
Collar Fill: n.a.
Other Top Motifs:
straps
Bands: n.a.
Structure: simple
Registers: 08
Elements: triangle
triangle
Iterations: 7, 5+?, 8, 7, 7, 9, 4
Registers: 08
Elements: triangle
triangle
Iterations: 7, 5+?, 8, 7, 7, 9, 4
Engraving Style: intermediate
Specific Markers:
Specific Markers:
Wobbly Register Lines
Uneven Register Spacing
Irregular Design Element/s
General Markers: Uneven Register Spacing
Irregular Design Element/s
Nearly Identical to-
Same Engraver as?
Idiosyncratic Design
Poor Quality
Chaîne Opératoire-Too Much Space
Same Engraver as?
Idiosyncratic Design
Poor Quality
Chaîne Opératoire-Too Much Space
similar to 012, also published in Leisner and Leisner 1959, Tafel 14, 1, 54