Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Bean
Year Excavated	1974
Decorative Technique	Incised Applique
Vessel Form	Plate
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Bean Plate Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Diameter 0.089 m, Max. Pres. Width of Rim 0.038 m, Pres. Thickness of Body 0.008-0.011 m, Max. Pres. Width of Rim and Preserved Body 0.082 m
Condition	Glued from three pieces; broken on three sides; missing one large and one smaller chip from exterior (along breaks); worn.
Description	Bucchero bean plate fragment, preserving section of rim with a whole bean and part of body; the "bean" has two long ears to either side at the top. The rim has a raised ridge along the interior edge; the turn of the rim begins approximately 0.010 m higher than the flat body of the plate. The body is decorated along its middle break with two parallel, horizontal incised curving lines which would have circled the interior center; partially preserved below the interior-most circle is a fraction of a circle of vertical, parallel incised lines.
Fabric Description	Bucchero, burned light to dark brown
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1974003400