Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Akroterion
Fragment Noted	true
Year Excavated	1968
Object Type (notes)	Cut-out Akroterion Fragment*
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.066 m, Pres. Thickness 0.034-0.043 m (where it attaches to tile), Max. Pres. Height (from scar at base to pointed tip) about 0.100 m, Max. Pres. Distance between lowest pres. part of concave edge and bottom of fragment about 0.048 m
Condition	Broken at base and across one side. Tip chipped and surface encrusted.
Description	Fragment of a "cut-out" akroterion preserving complete, small curved pointed member, two flat smooth sides, one flat smooth edge which by one convex and one concave arc forms a beak-like projection with a pointed end. The curved outline is somewhat irregular. The piece is broken at the base where it attached to topmost part of a ridgepole tile. Another break goes perpendicular to the base break, between lowest part of concave arc and bottom of the piece. Probably the piece formed a lateral decorative extension, next to the tile, of main part of the akroterion.
Fabric Description	Murlo terracotta fired light brown on surface and gray at core. Red slip on all finished surfaces.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1968061300