Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Impasto
Object Type	Ornament::Finial
Decorative Technique	Incised
Year Excavated	2007
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Impasto Finial Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Diameter 0.029 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.024 m
Condition	All surfaces are heavily worn, pitted, scratched, and encrusted. The rounded surface of the finial is significantly more worn and irregular than the rest.
Description	A fragment of an impasto finial of truncated conical shape has an upper break surface at a slight diagonal. From the break surface the finial increases in diameter to an incised line. Below the line is a rib, offset by another incised line below it. The fragment continues to increase in diameter and rounds out to another rib. An incised line below this rib separates it from a very worn, now convex point of attachment to a vessel.
Fabric Description	Impasto
Munsell Color	10YR 2/1 black, 10YR 5/3 brown
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC2007003600