Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Impasto
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Female
Year Excavated	1973
Decorative Technique	Incised Molded
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Fragmentary Impasto Handle
Condition	Exterior portion of a double handle. Broken above at neck level of woman. Broken below at join to base. Burned.
Description	Curving, exterior section of an impasto double handle. Attachment scar below shows where it was attached to vase. This section is decorated on the outside with the molded figure of a winged woman in a frontal position, rendered from the waist up but broken at the neck. The wings begin at the waist and extend past the shoulders to the top break, gradually widening. They are adorned with horizontal incised tongues. Two wide rope-like strands (tresses) border the interior of the wings. These strands are adorned with incised diagonal slashes. From each lateral side, an arm extends diagonally, bent at the elbow. The hands clutch the rope-like strands (tresses). The fingers are rather crudely rendered by four incisions for her right hand and three for her left.
Fabric Description	Impasto. Fine grain. Burned orange.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1973026900