Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Impasto
Object Type	Vessel
Year Excavated	1971
Motif	Animal Feline
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Animal Figure, Fragment (?)
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.051, Max. Pres. Length 0.052 m, Max. Pres. Width of body 0.020 m, haunches 0.034 m, tail 0.008-0.005 m
Condition	Single fragment, broken on two sides; worn and encrusted.
Description	Solid ceramic object with relatively smooth sides appears to have the shape of the hindquarters of some animal, possibly a feline: portion of a thin and roughly modeled tublar section of clay merges with a thicker rounded section slilghtly modeled to indicate haunces of an animal, with a thin, raised ridge of clay running vertically on the back surface between the two halves, apparently a tail; possibly part of decoration of some large vessel.
Fabric Description	Impasto, coarse orange paste with thin, dull black-brown surfaces
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1971024600