Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Raking Sima
Year Excavated	2001
Decorative Technique	Painted Cavetto
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Painted Cavetto Fragment (Archaic Laterial or Raking Sima)
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.064 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.079 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.031 m
Condition	The preserved portion is broken on three sides. The surface is worn and pitted.
Description	A portion of a painted cavetto is preserved. The fragment preserves two finished faces with a gentle curve and one finished edge. One finished face is relatively smooth and covered by a wash of red paint. The finished edge is relatively flat and overhung by a slight ridge from the smooth, painted face. The other surface is decorated with three convex strigils. Along one break edge there is the beginning of an upward curve of a fourth strigil. Traces of dark reddish brown paint are preserved between the strigils. Large inclusions, small stones and mica, are visible throughout the fabric of the fragment.
Fabric Description	Terracotta
Munsell Color	Surface 5YR 5/8 yellowish red, Paint on Smooth Side 10R 5/8 red, Paint Between Strigils 2.5YR 3/3 dark reddish brown
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC2001006700