Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Ray
Year Excavated	1972
Decorative Technique	Stamped
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Decorated Bucchero Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.043 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.030 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.006 m, Min. Pres. Thickness 0.002 m, Estimated Original Diameter 0.100 m
Condition	Both sides slightly encrusted. Minor scratches in base. Traces of glaze on both sides of base and on interior edge of wall; glaze well-preserved only on narrow, exterior, stamped edge.
Description	Decorated bucchero fragment, probably originally from base of open vessel, preserves partially, on exterior edge of wall near base, the impressions of a design stamped six times: no design is preserved in entirety (max. pres. height of decorated edge 0.008 m). Stamp probably originally triangular or ray-shaped (with sides with gradual convex curve) in outline: consisting of vertical close stack of horizontal oblong or rectangular depressions decreasing in length as move away from base (bottom depression rests on baseline) -- leaving five to seven thin, raised horizontal lines crossing ray field. Design is repeated at irregular intervals (width of base of design 0.004 m, length of max. pres. interval 0.003 m). Base edge of fragment is concave.
Fabric Description	Bucchero
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1972001000