Details for Artifact 897
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Portugal (Cat No:7573, 985.51.34)
Portugal > Evora > Montemor-o-Novo > S. Geraldo > Comenda da Igreja
Formal Data
Raw Material: dark grey slate
Height: 15 cm
Weight: 349 g
Condition: 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: 349 g
Condition: 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: 9
No. Right Straps: 7
Collar Shape: curved
Collar Fill: unfilled
Other Top Motifs:
Strap Angle: horizontal/downward
No. Left Straps: 9
No. Right Straps: 7
Collar Shape: curved
Collar Fill: unfilled
Other Top Motifs:
straps
Bands: 0
Structure: simple
Registers: 12
Elements: chevron
Iterations: 2.5
Registers: 12
Elements: chevron
Iterations: 2.5
Engraving Style: intermediate
Specific Markers:
Specific Markers:
Rectangular 'Triangle' Section
General Markers: Idiosyncratic Style
Poor Quality
Same Engraver as
Poor Quality
Same Engraver as
on rev. ‘des. F.V.’, incisions very shallow and hard to read, quite different from rest of plaques from site, hatchure also more casually done, possibly same engraver as 901, also in http://www.matriznet.dgpc.pt/MatrizNet/Objectos/ObjectosConsultar.aspx?IdReg=129195