Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Circles
Year Excavated	1997
Decorative Technique	Incised Impressed
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Decorated Buccheroid Handle Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.064 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.047 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Vessel Wall 0.007 m, Max. Pres. Width of Handle 0.036 m
Condition	Broken on all sides. The surface is heavily worn and pitted. Fragment is reconstructed from four pieces. A portion of the body of the vessel is preserved. The handle is broken just above the attachment to the vessel.
Description	Fragment of a buccheroid strap handle. The vessel is convex on the exterior and concave on the interior. The handle is decorated with stamps and incised lines. At the point of attachment of the handle to the vessel, there are four irregularly spaced, horizontal lines. On the right side of the handle, running parallel to the finished edge, are two incised lines which run perpendicular to and bisect the horizontal lines. The lines terminate at a concentric circle stamp made of three circles, located just below the horizontal lines. The lines are mirrored by another set of lines running parallel to the left finished edge which also terminate at a concentric circle stamp made of three circles. The lines themselves are made of small impressed rectangles.
Fabric Description	Buccheroid
Munsell Color	10YR 3/1 very dark gray
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1997001500