Details for Artifact 887
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Portugal (Cat No:7553, 4:637)
Portugal > Evora > Montemor-o-Novo > S. Geraldo > Comenda da Igreja
Formal Data
Raw Material: black slate
Height: 16.8 cm
Weight: 235 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: trapezoidal
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical?
Major Type: Classic
Height: 16.8 cm
Weight: 235 g
Condition: nearly complete
Life Stage: finished
Form: trapezoidal
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 1
Perforation Form: biconical?
Major Type: Classic
Plaque Details
Strap Shape: straight
Strap Angle: horizontal/downward
No. Left Straps: 4
No. Right Straps: 5
Collar Shape: n.a.
Collar Fill: n.a.
Other Top Motifs:
Strap Angle: horizontal/downward
No. Left Straps: 4
No. Right Straps: 5
Collar Shape: n.a.
Collar Fill: n.a.
Other Top Motifs:
straps
Bands: 0
Structure: simple
Registers: 07
Elements: triangle
Iterations: 9+, 8+, 7+, 6+, 8+, 4+, 2+
Registers: 07
Elements: triangle
Iterations: 9+, 8+, 7+, 6+, 8+, 4+, 2+
Engraving Style: regular
Specific Markers:
General Markers:
Specific Markers:
Chaîne Opératoire-Too Little Space
very worn on obverse, on rev. ‘des. F.V.’, register 7 has teeny triangles, hard to see but visible under mag glass, with horizontal band underneath, quite intentional.