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Class
- Furnishings
Material
- Bone and Ivory

DefinitionInlay?
MaterialBone
DimensionsL. of fragment, ca. 15 mm; of strip in total ca 15 mm. Strip, w. 6 mm, th. 1 mm. Circle motif, diam. 6 mm. Distance between motifs, ca 7-8 mm?
DescriptionA very thin, short strip of bone that has been engraved with circles. The bone has been polished and is now the green of corroded bronze. This color probably comes from something with which the fragment had been buried.
State of ConservationBroken at both ends, sharply bent; one half arcs over the other.
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Area
- Area D (Barracks)

Context VM_5024
- Definitionstrato di colore giallo sopra la strada = (5014)

Similar Catalogue Entries
- VM_O92

Author of Record
- Ryan Ricciardi

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Fentress, E., Goodson, C., Maiuro, M., Andrews, M., Dufton, J.A. (eds.) 2016. Villa Magna: an Imperial Estate and its Legacies. Excavations 2006–2010. British School at Rome, Rome.

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