Details for Artifact 380
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Portugal (Cat No:7569, 985.51.30)
Portugal > Evora > Montemor-o-Novo > S. Geraldo > Comenda da Igreja
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Photograph by K. Lillios, courtesy of Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
Leisner and Leisner 1959, Tafel 27, 1, 72
Formal Data
Raw Material: dark grey slate
Height: 17 cm
Weight: 339 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: rectangular
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Classic
Height: 17 cm
Weight: 339 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: rectangular
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Classic
Plaque Details
Strap Shape: straight
Strap Angle: horizontal/level
No. Left Straps: 3
No. Right Straps: 2+?
Collar Shape: n.a.
Collar Fill: n.a.
Other Top Motifs:
Strap Angle: horizontal/level
No. Left Straps: 3
No. Right Straps: 2+?
Collar Shape: n.a.
Collar Fill: n.a.
Other Top Motifs:
straps
Bands: 2F (1F with triangles, 1E)
Structure: simple
Registers: 06
Elements: chevron
Iterations: 3
Registers: 06
Elements: chevron
Iterations: 3
Engraving Style: regular
Specific Markers:
General Markers:
Specific Markers:
Idiosyncratic Design
Two engraved circles in base, very strange!, on rev. ‘des. F.V.’, also illustrated in Gonçalves 2004b, fig. 11