Details for Artifact 487
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Portugal (Cat No:12969, MNA 998.78.48)
Portugal > Portalegre > Avis > Maranhão > Herdade da Ordem 1
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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. 7
Formal Data
Raw Material: dark grey slate
Height: 15 cm
Weight: 181 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: trapezoidal
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: intermediate
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Classic
Height: 15 cm
Weight: 181 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: trapezoidal
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: intermediate
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Classic
Plaque Details
Strap Shape: slightly curved
Strap Angle: horizontal/downward
No. Left Straps: 4
No. Right Straps: 3+?
Collar Shape: straight
Collar Fill: filled
Other Top Motifs:
Strap Angle: horizontal/downward
No. Left Straps: 4
No. Right Straps: 3+?
Collar Shape: straight
Collar Fill: filled
Other Top Motifs:
collar
straps
Bands: 1F straps
Structure: simple
Registers: 04
Elements: zigzag
Iterations: 2
Registers: 04
Elements: zigzag
Iterations: 2
Engraving Style: intermediate
Specific Markers:
Specific Markers:
Irregular Design Element/s
General Markers: Mnemonic?
Chaîne Opératoire-Too Much Space
Poor Quality
Mnemonic
Chaîne Opératoire-Too Much Space
Poor Quality
Mnemonic
broken in two pieces but repaired, also in Correia 1921, fig. 76