Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Clay
Object Type	Architectural::Lateral Sima
Year Excavated	1966
Motif	Rosette Feline
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Lateral Sima Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.156 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.191 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Plaque 0.025 m, Max. Pres. Depth at Corner 0.089 m
Condition	Broken on all sides, including petals of rosette. Worn and mud incrusted.
Description	This fragment preserves the lower left corner of a plaque of the lateral sima. As in 19660054, the edge and base have been carried back so that the sima can be seccurely held in place. A rosette approximately 0.095 m in diameter remains attached to the front of the sima; ridges radiating from a central dot, approximately 0.017 m in diameter, define the eight petals. The rosette is firmly attached to the sima; its sides meet the front of the sima at a right angle. Above the rosette is a short, curved groove; this may be part of the ear of the feline or canine water spout or it may be part of a strigil. Near the preserved corner is a shallow circular depression approximately 0.029 m in diameter.
Fabric Description	Coarse clay with numerous bits of stone and mica. Fired orange on the surface; brownish gray on the interior.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1966017500