Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Akroterion
Fragment Noted	true
Year Excavated	2003
Object Type (notes)	Unusual Terracotta, Possible Statue Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.037 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.026 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.020 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Hole 0.011 m
Condition	Fragment preserves worn, pitted, and encrusted surfaces and a substantial fresh break surface revealing numerous large white and black inclusions.
Description	A coarseware fragment preserves one rounded, finished end that folds downward and curves slightly concavely before a break surface. A small part of a finished under surface is preserved. The flat exterior surface is slightly depressed, then flares outward to a break edge, perhaps indicating a point of attachment. The side bears a deep, finished ovular pit that does not pierce it all the way through, possibly indicating it as a nose fragment with nostril.
Fabric Description	Terracotta
Munsell Color	Mottled - 7.5YR 6/6 reddish yellow, 7.5YR 5/1 gray
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC2003011400