Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Akroterion
Year Excavated	1971
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Ridge Pole Akroterion, Tile Fragment and Statue Foot
Size	Max. Pres. Length of tile 0.285 m, Max. Pres. Width of tile 0.256 m, Pres. Thickness of tile 0.030-0.046 m, Max. Pres. Distance from foot to edge of tile 0.031 m, Max. Pres. Length of foot 0.166 m, Max. Pres. Width of foot 0.059 m, Max. Pres. Height of foot 0.070 m, Max. Pres. Segment of finished edge of circle (slot for tube) 0.052 m
Condition	Broken on two sides; glued from two large fragments and three chips; slightly worn end encrusted.
Description	Fragment of ridge pole is thick curved terracotta slab with flat-sided vertical edge of short side and plain, inward slanted edge on long side; on top side, near break in tile, which occurs near center of orginal shape, is preserved a small statue foot - foot is narrow and less than life-sized, with rounded modeled planes to indicate forms of shod foot - concave arch, rounded heel, wide toes with pointed up-turned toe of shoe; foot is broken at ankle just above rounded raised areas of ankle joint. Just behind the foot, which points in the direction of the finished short side close to it, is a small finished area, a vertical edge forming part of a circular hole in the tile apparently the slot for insertion of a tubular statue support.
Fabric Description	Murlo terracotta
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1971033000