Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Other Ceramic
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Dots
Year Excavated	1970
Decorative Technique	Painted
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Painted Rim Fragment *
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.037 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.024 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.003 m
Condition	Preserves rim, but broken on other sides. Painted decoration almost completely preserved except for some of the interior glaze near the lip.
Description	Piece preserves the rim, neck, and the beginning of the curve to the shoulder of a vase. The interior of the vase done in a black glaze. The exterior decoration is done in black on a buff ground and consists of: 1) a band of small black dots around the lip, 2) below this, a band consisting of two horizontal black bands approximately 0.002 m wide each joined at intervals by thicker (0.005 m) vertical black squares. 3) Below this is another band of small black dots, and 4) on the bottom of the lip and the beginning of the curve to the shoulder is a band of solid black glaze (or perhaps the beginning of a body completely done in black glaze).
Fabric Description	Very fine, well-fired buff ware
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1970023600