Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
piede a tacco
English translation:
heel-shaped base
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Isabelle Johnson
Apr 17, 2021 13:08
3 yrs ago
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Italian term
piede a tacco
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Archaeology
I have no other info, except that this is a list of copper age items at a museum in Puglia.
There are entries such as this around but no reliable photos as far as I can see:
https://www.regione.marche.it/Regione-Utile/Cultura/Catalogo...
I'm thinking it is a sort of heel-shaped pot base but have no idea what the equivalent term in English might be.
There are entries such as this around but no reliable photos as far as I can see:
https://www.regione.marche.it/Regione-Utile/Cultura/Catalogo...
I'm thinking it is a sort of heel-shaped pot base but have no idea what the equivalent term in English might be.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | heel-shaped base |
martini
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heel-shaped base
Description
Mould-made pottery lamp with a double-convex body, two long nozzles with splayed blunt ends, and a heel-shaped base, sunken within. The small sunken filling-hole area is surrounded by concentric mouldings, the outer one decorated with bead-and-reel pattern.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1772-0306-...
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Note added at 35 mins (2021-04-17 13:43:50 GMT)
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14) fondo a piede cavo con linea orizzontale incisa; 15) fondo a tacco; 16) fondo piatto.
14) hollow foot base with engraved horizontal line; 15) heel base; 16) flat base.
http://www.civicimuseiudine.it/images/MFSN/Gortania/Gortania...
hollow heel (foot) base
ma mi affiderei al British
Mould-made pottery lamp with a double-convex body, two long nozzles with splayed blunt ends, and a heel-shaped base, sunken within. The small sunken filling-hole area is surrounded by concentric mouldings, the outer one decorated with bead-and-reel pattern.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1772-0306-...
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Note added at 35 mins (2021-04-17 13:43:50 GMT)
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14) fondo a piede cavo con linea orizzontale incisa; 15) fondo a tacco; 16) fondo piatto.
14) hollow foot base with engraved horizontal line; 15) heel base; 16) flat base.
http://www.civicimuseiudine.it/images/MFSN/Gortania/Gortania...
hollow heel (foot) base
ma mi affiderei al British
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