Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Lotus Palmette Sphinx
Year Excavated	1999
Decorative Technique	Roulette Stamped
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Stamped Bucchero Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.042 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.030 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.007 m
Condition	Fragment is broken on all sides. Surface is worn with some pitting.
Description	Fragment is separated into two registers, an upper and lower. The upper register is decorated with a series of stamped lotus palmettes. Three are fragmentary and one entire palmette is preserved. Each palmette design consists of a lower, triangular element resting on its nadir side. The triangular element is derived from two sets of intersecting diagonal lines, bisected by a central axis line. The branches of the palmettes project diagonally from the apex of the triangle and consist of a central dot surrounded by a spiral pattern. The lower register is a roulette stamp design and consists of a preserved portion of a grazing stag on the left side of the fragment. To the right of the stag stands a sphinx or griffon with a curved wing extending from its shoulder.
Fabric Description	Buccheroid
Munsell Color	10YR 2/1 black
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1999005100