Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Clay
Object Type	Architectural::Lateral Sima
Year Excavated	1968
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Lateral Sima , Fragment, Spout
Size	Max. Pres. Height at nose 0.121 m, Max. Pres. Width at fangs 0.072 m, Max. Pres. Thickness at nose 0.042 m, Max. Pres. Width of attachment (at bottom) 0.067 m
Condition	The ears are not preserved. Broken around attachment to sima. Its left eye is damaged. Traces of red paint, especially in nostrils and on the rear of sima attachment.
Description	The work on this spout is rough; the surface is not even, as if it had not been smoothed out after it was made. The mouth is taller then wide. The front of the mouth does not form a ingle plane, but curves to the fangs, which slant forward to the lower jaw. The lower jaw slants down from its origin. The nose is semi-circular with deep nostrils. The bulging eyes are set in almost rectangular sockets. The triangular side holes behind the fangs are quite large.
Fabric Description	Coarse clay with bits of stone fired dark orange-brown and darker at breaks.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1968005600