Details for Artifact 446
Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Badajoz, Spain (Cat No:D. 00532)
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Courtesy of Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Badajoz
Almagro Gorbea 1973, fig. 39, 10
Formal Data
Raw Material: dark grey slate
Height: 20 cm
Weight: 237 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: unfinished?
Form: rectangular
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 3
Perforation Form: biconical?
Major Type: Classic
Height: 20 cm
Weight: 237 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: unfinished?
Form: rectangular
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 3
Perforation Form: biconical?
Major Type: Classic
Plaque Details
Strap Shape: straight
Strap Angle: horizontal/level
No. Left Straps: 4
No. Right Straps: 4
Collar Shape: straight
Collar Fill: unfilled
Other Top Motifs:
Strap Angle: horizontal/level
No. Left Straps: 4
No. Right Straps: 4
Collar Shape: straight
Collar Fill: unfilled
Other Top Motifs:
straps
collar
Bands: 0 collar
Structure: simple
Registers: 03
Elements: triangle
Iterations: 6, 6, 5?
Registers: 03
Elements: triangle
Iterations: 6, 6, 5?
Engraving Style: regular
Specific Markers:
Specific Markers:
Irregular Design Element/s
Wobbly Register Lines
Uneven Register Spacing
Misperforation
General Markers: Wobbly Register Lines
Uneven Register Spacing
Misperforation
Poor Quality
Chaîne Opératoire-Misc.
Asymmetrical
Chaîne Opératoire-Misc.
Asymmetrical
interestingly, not illustrated in M. Almagro Basch 1961-1962, possibly because so irregular - or possibly wrong attribution. not found in MAN on 6/19/03, so most likely wrong attribution, found on 10/10/05 in Museo de Badajoz, cat as Prado de Lácara, drawing in AG incorrect for collars, left inner side filled, partially reconstructed in lower right, and broken