Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Orientalizing
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Year Excavated	1971
Decorative Technique	Incised Molded
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Buccheroid Handle, Finial, Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.103 m, Max. Pres. Width Through Broken Handle 0.031 m, Max. Pres. Height Through Center 0.042 m, Pres. Diameter of End 0.032-0.034 m, Pres. Diameter of End Decoration 0.023-0.025 m, Pres. Thickness of Piece 0.004-0.012 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of End 0.008 m
Condition	Glued from three fragments; broken across one end, bottom, and handle; worn, encrusted.
Description	Fragment is approximately rectangular in present outline, with curving broken edge across center of less finished side - apparently a curved handle extending out and down from upper flat edge, and with a flat, disc-like finial set perpendicular to one edge. Outer surface of disc has roughly molded decoration of sunburst pattern of raised dot and strokes set in round recess; top (flat) section of rectangular mid-section has rows of short incised strokes set parallel across it in groups of three - one set at each side of handle and one on top of it, but not centered. Possible handle section of a tray-like object.
Fabric Description	Buccheroid, hard dull gray.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1971054600