Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Clay
Object Type	Architectural::Lateral Sima
Year Excavated	1967
Motif	Rosette
Decorative Technique	Relief Cavetto Molded
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Lateral Sima, Fragment
Condition	Worn and broken. Original height and width preserved. Break on cavetto at right extends diagonally down right side of water spout. Worn and broken.
Description	The deep cavetto is decorated with a molded strigil pattern. The grooves setting off each strigil are spaced every 0.003 m. The back fo the crown follows the curve of the cavetto. Below the cavetto, on the left, is a smooth edge curved at the bottom, probably for a water spout. To the right of the edge is the bottom cup of a rosette in high relief. A knob remains in the cneter from which spring the petals. The scar of a molded head remains on the right edge. Three-quarters of the outline of the head remains, the rest of the head would have extended over the next sima plaque. The back is completely smooth. The left side retains a smooth edge showing that it is the original surface. Part of the rear projection of the lower left corner begins halfway up the side.
Fabric Description	Coarse clay with bits of stone and mica fired to an orange-brown.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1967001100