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Artifact 897

Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Portugal (Cat No:7573, 985.51.34)

Portugal > Evora > Montemor-o-Novo > S. Geraldo > Comenda da Igreja

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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

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:

straps

Bands: 0

Structure: simple
Registers: 12
Elements: chevron
Iterations: 2.5

Engraving Style: intermediate
Specific Markers:

Rectangular 'Triangle' Section

General Markers:

Idiosyncratic Style
Poor Quality
Same Engraver as

Miscellany

Visit Date:05/21/2003
Comments: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

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