Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Clay
Object Type	Architectural::Lateral Sima
Year Excavated	1968
Motif	Rosette
Decorative Technique	Painted
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Lateral Sima Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.350 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.190 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.190 m, Max. Pres. Height of spout at nose 0.106 m, Max. Pres. Width of spout at fangs 0.104 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of the spout at nose 0.039 m, Max. Pres. Distance between spout and rosette scar on the right 0.016 m, Max. Pres. Width of strigil 0.020 m, Max. Pres. Thickness through bottom of strigil 0.031 m
Condition	Broken at back, both ends, and top. Broken in several places, chipped and worn. Traces of red paint and dark coloration.
Description	Preserves a waterspout between two partially preserved rosette scars. The spout is of the larger type; it is is wider than high at the opening of the mouth. The end of the ear on the left is chipped and the other ear is not preserved. The roughly round eyes bulge up from the depressions formed by the nose and the eyebrows. The nose is vaguley triangular, but throughtout its length it is flatter and wider than the nose on 19680080 (cf nose widths: 0.016 m for 19680030 and 0.026 m for 19680031, measured at the eyes). The end of the nose is semicircular and has two depressions for nostrils. Unlike 19680030 the mouth is not all in the same plane, but curves back to the fangs. There is a hole on either side behind the fangs. The rosette scars, only partially preserved, have shallow diagonal striations. There are traces of red paint, especially on the bottom and the back of the sima, along the lower front, and the strigils.
Fabric Description	Coarse clay with bits of stone fired orange-brown.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1968003100