Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Clay
Object Type	Vessel
Year Excavated	1968
Decorative Technique	Incised Painted
Vessel Form	Bowl
Fragment Noted	false
Object Type (notes)	Shallow Rimmed Bowl
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.050 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of mouth 0.234 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of base 0.083 m, Max. Pres. Height of rim 0.019 m, Max. Pres. Thickness (rim) 0.005 m
Condition	Restored from twenty-one sherds comprising entire base and two-thirds of body of bowl. Slightly chipped, much of surface decoration worn off.
Description	Shallow, asymmetrical bowl with round mouth and round, slightly raised base (height 0.008 m), and raised rim which is slightly everted at top, constricted and then flaring below on exterior, giving shape of a shoulder. Interior of rim has single groove running just below edge. Base has shallow circular groove in center (diameter 0.055 m). Decoration: base has off-center incision of a five-pointed star, dimensions 0.019 x 0.023 m. Traces of painted decoration: exterior: band of red paint approximately 0.015 m wide just below "shoulder" formed by rim, interior: rim has traces of red paint, a single line of black paint just inside groove of rim, and at least nine concentric black rings of varying width, near center of vessel and concentric with it.
Fabric Description	Fine-textured, soft clay fired light pinkish buff.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1968055200