Details for Artifact 381
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Portugal (Cat No:7590)
Portugal > Evora > Montemor-o-Novo > S. Geraldo > Comenda da Igreja
Formal Data
Raw Material: dark grey slate
Height: 20 cm
Weight: 420 g
Condition: complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: rectangular
Structure: unipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Unipartite
Height: 20 cm
Weight: 420 g
Condition: complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: rectangular
Structure: unipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Unipartite
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:
n.a.
Bands: n.a.
Structure: simple
Registers: n.a.
Elements: 2 registers of vertically arranged triangles to each side of a central vertical filled band
vertical band
vertical triangle
Iterations:
Registers: n.a.
Elements: 2 registers of vertically arranged triangles to each side of a central vertical filled band
vertical band
vertical triangle
Iterations:
Engraving Style: regular
Specific Markers:
Specific Markers:
Perforation/s over Design
General Markers: Idiosyncratic Design
Evidence for Chaîne Opératoire
Exceptionally Large (20+cm)
Evidence for Chaîne Opératoire
Exceptionally Large (20+cm)
interesting use of symmetry along vertical axis, can see desire for symmetry was not reached as irregularities occur, similar in form and style to 1426, same site