| Accession_Number | 29.11.13 | ||||||||||
| Shape | Figurine | ||||||||||
| Shape_description | Tortoise with slight protrusion for head and four triangular protrusions at the bottom for legs. Back divided into slight humps to resemble shell | ||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||
| Fabric | Perhaps Rhodian | ||||||||||
| Fabric_description | Grayish-brown fabric (may have darkened as a result of burning) | ||||||||||
| Munsell_color | 10YR 6/2 | ||||||||||
| Decoration | Traces of white slip. | ||||||||||
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| Condition | Missing (part of) head. Large areas of brownish-grey deposit all over body, with areas of white slip showing through in some places and chipped off elsewhere. On stomach, in between two front legs, is a small hole, perhaps from the firing process. | ||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Moulded | ||||||||||
| Provenance | From Boeotia | ||||||||||
| Period | Late Archaic | ||||||||||
| Date | 500-475 | ||||||||||
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| Comparanda | Cf. BM Cat. 195 | ||||||||||
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| Archive_Ref | reference 1 reference 2 | ||||||||||
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| Height | 2.8 | ||||||||||
| Diameters | |||||||||||
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| Other_dims. | L. 6.1; W. 4.1 | ||||||||||
| Location | Household | ||||||||||
| Edited_by | Georgina; Amy; Kinsey; Teifi; Joana Varela | ||||||||||
| Date_edited | 29.08.02; 13.05.04; 09.01.2006; 02.08.2006; 05.04.2017 |
