Stone anchor stock. Marine encrustations. Trapezoidal shape, with a fairly squared central cavity. Partially mutilated of one of the arms.
The anchor presents an epilithic (superficial) colonisation caused mainly by Polychaeta serpulidae with their characteristic calcareous tube, together with an endolithic colonisation, limited to some points and caused by the endolithic mollusc Rocellaria dubia. This degradation is confirmed by the presence of a characteristic 8-shaped hole, produced by the animal to protrude its siphons in the water.
MEDAGLIA 2002, p. 178
1 For a review of the most known anchor stocks, see GIANFROTTA 1975; Id. 1977 and ID. 1982. On some stone anchor stocks found in Metapontum and Locris (used by devotees during rites), see BOETTO 1997, pp. 51 and ff.
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