Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Feline
Year Excavated	1981
Decorative Technique	Stamped
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Stamped Bucchero Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.042 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.064 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.010 m
Condition	Handle is broken off on two sides; surface is lightly pitted; stamp pattern is well preserved.
Description	The fragment preserves part of the handle and a piece of the vessel at the point of attachment. The handle fragment has two finished edges. The stamped surface preserves a winged feline enclosed in a rectangular stamp. The figure runs down the handle with the head of the feline in the direction of the base. The profile of the winged feline shows all four legs and a tail curved toward the head. A dorsal trefoil wing is in the middle of the back. A human leg is hanging from its open mouth. A double row of stamped bow designs is above the central feline figure and a single row of bows is below it. The interior of each bow has a stamped double chevron pattern at each end. To the right of the winged feline stamp is a circular stamp fragment of an indiscernible design.
Fabric Description	Buccheroid
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1981005900