Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Palmette Female
Year Excavated	1972
Decorative Technique	Molded Incised
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Double Bucchero Handle, Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.121 m, Max. Pres. Width of Woman 0.039 m, Max. Pres. Width of Plaque 0.029 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Plaque 0.007 m
Condition	Glued from six fragments; plaque broken across bottom; woman broken below head; partially burned orange.
Description	Double bucchero handle in two sections joined at the top where there is a round knob; curved section had straight edges and preserves molded decoration consisting of two vertical ridges bordering each edge with traces of six palmettes framed in heart-shaped volutes in a vertical row down the center; non-curved section preserves the head of a woman and rounded projections on either side, possibly wings; face is framed by a ridge of hair across the top and at both sides where it is slashed with short diagonal incisions; face is large with large eyes, broad nose, wide lips, and heavy chin.
Fabric Description	Bucchero; partially burned orange.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1972032300