Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Akroterion
Year Excavated	1968
Motif	Hair
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Statue Fragment, Hair and Back
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.167 m, Max. Pres. Width (of flat surface) 0.175 m, Max. Pres. Width (of left side) approx. 0.042 m, Max. Pres. Width (of right side) approx. 0.029 m, Max. Pres. Thickness (through back) 0.028 m, Max. Pres. Thickness (through hair section) 0.047 m, (surface inside uneven)
Condition	Single fragment, broken on all sides, and breaks abraded, cracked, exterior slightly encrusted.
Description	Fragment preserving bottom sectionof hair and part of adjoining back of statue. Hair is rendered as a roughly rectangular panel placed on top of the back, here preserved in a small, inward curving section with an almost flat surface. The three preserved edges (sides and bottom) are straight and intersect at approximate right angles, as viewed against the back, the hair panel is raised approximately 0.022 m from the surface of the back. At its upper extent, the hair area is slightly thicker in the center. The sides of the hair panel are partly broken off, but the portions preserved are flat and roughly rectangular. The right side has a small ridge of clay at the broken edge. The interior surface is much darker and harder than the exterior, and is smooth and flattened into three planes, with a small round depression with pointed end in the present center of the piece, at the point of intersection of two of these planes.
Fabric Description	Murlo terracotta
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1968056000