Disks

Museum number:
8-2192
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Two bone disks with remnants of copper alloy (pins?) at their centers. Polished and slightly concave on one side, crosshatched incising on the other.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb P, Saturnia, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb P
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1895
Materials:
Bone (material) and Copper alloy
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
J. Williams - under microscope has characteristics of bone, not ivory
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Disks, accession number 8-2192, described as Two bone disks with remnants of copper alloy (pins?) at their centers. Polished and slightly concave on one side, crosshatched incising on the other.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Disks, accession number 8-2192, described as Two bone disks with remnants of copper alloy (pins?) at their centers. Polished and slightly concave on one side, crosshatched incising on the other.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Disks, accession number 8-2192, described as Two bone disks with remnants of copper alloy (pins?) at their centers. Polished and slightly concave on one side, crosshatched incising on the other.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Disks, accession number 8-2192, described as Two bone disks with remnants of copper alloy (pins?) at their centers. Polished and slightly concave on one side, crosshatched incising on the other.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Disks, accession number 8-2192, described as Two bone disks with remnants of copper alloy (pins?) at their centers. Polished and slightly concave on one side, crosshatched incising on the other.

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