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Description

Class
- Furnishings
Material
- Bone and Ivory

DefinitionInlay
Materialbone
Dimensionsshattered--dimensions not taken.
DescriptionSheets of worked bone inlay. Edges etched into thin bone plates. There are 4 extant holes outside the edge of the inscribed squares. Several fragments join to make an incised rectangle, which has a finished edge on one of the long sides. The other extant edge is below the side of the opposing corners of 2 squares. There are 12 extant fragments that are too small to place along with 8 more sizable fragments.
State of ConservationVery fragmentary. The bone is scarred/stained.
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Record Details

Area
- Area D (Barracks)

Context VM_5451
- DefinitionStrato di argilla gialla con laterizi e malta , copre 5441, ambiente 25

Similar Catalogue Entries
- VM_O450

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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