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Object Number 60-23-40/7690
Display Title Anchor for a trap?
Descriptions
Object Description Anchor for a trap?
Inventory Description Small anchor, carved wooden sticks, with stone weight, twisted cotton ties.
Classification
  • Anchor
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Archaic Period (Europe)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Italy / <State> / Sicily / Syracuse
Intrasite Original found in underwater excavation
Dimensions Overall: 28.8 x 13.1 x 10 cm (11 5/16 x 5 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-23-40/7690

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Raw Material
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Floral Remain
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Tool
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Exchange medium
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Worked Wood
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