Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Volute Dots
Year Excavated	1970
Decorative Technique	Incised Pierced
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Vessel Handle Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.044 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.039 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Side Portion 0.006 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Central Portion Approximately 0.012 m
Condition	Broken horizontally across top and bottom ends, right (tentatively) volute broken off. Broken edges abraded, but surfaces well-preserved, retaining much polish.
Description	Apparent handle fragment has no curve, slightly concave back. Composed of thick, round-fronted central piece with flat, rectagnular extensions on both sides. The better preserved side is termintated in a flat volute with small hole pierced in it from the front (decorated) side. Decoration includes a central, vertical ridge with a raised, rounded horizontal ridge at both ends. Central core covered with rows of incised dots running diagonally from both sides and crossing in the center. Each side extension has three rows of dots running parallel vertically, and curving to conform to the shape of the volute, which is also set off by two parallel incised lines which curve outward and meet in a point between hole and center core. Back surface is flat, undecorated, except for an incised letter alpha in approximate center of the piece. Letter Hieght 0.009 m, Width 0.005 m. See 19770073 for a comparable example.
Fabric Description	Bucchero
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1970006000