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Accession_Number 2008.9.4
Shape Fragment
Shape_description Spear-shaped fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/6
Decoration Exterior: 2 front legs of an animal, joining onto a body is overpainted in greysh-black. 5 short vertical lines are etched across the body and a few other etched lines define the back legs and chest of the animal. 2 back legs and a tail are partially present. A thick horizontal band and below a thinner band run parallel to the bottom-edge of the fragment. The animal appears to be standing on the thinner band, and there are 2 circle between the front and back legs, and two circles to the right of it.
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Condition Fragment, chipped at edges. Decoration is faded.
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Beazley_DB
Height
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Handle_height
Other_dims. Length: 4.0; Width: 7.8
Location 11.2.27
Edited_by Ellen Dobbs
Date_edited 4/9/08
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