Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Volute Bean
Year Excavated	1971
Decorative Technique	Incised Relief Burnished
Vessel Form	Plate
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Buccheroid Plate Fragments*
Size
Condition	Four separate fragments apparently from same vessel. Fragments B and C glued from sherds; very worn, slightly encrusted. Some pieces burnt: Fragment A black on bottom, dull gray on top; Fragment B black; Fragment C mottled gray-orange; Fragment D entirely black.
Description	Four fragments apparently of same vessel, though not joining: possibly a plate or object with almost flat walls, flat thick curved rim set on at an angle, with raised ridge at joint with body on upper surface, and sloping sides. Besides the raised flat-topped ridge, plate has relief decoration on one part of rim (Fragment A): a raised area, broken across middle - preserved right side has inward-curving volute with long, round-tipped projection extending from its upper curve to edge of rim, and triangluar raised area over center with traces of an opposed volute on left edge - seems similar to the "bean" patterns of other pieces, e.g. 19710533. Inner or upper surface of body has very shallow incised, almost burnished pattern of two parallel horizontal grooves above and below a band of straight, vertical incisions which are slightly uneven but roughly parallel - this is preserved entire on Fragment C, and in part on Fragments B and D. Area between rim and band, and below band is smooth.
Fabric Description	Buccheroid - heavy , with gray-orange core, thick black exterior, parts of which have slight traces of glossy black finish.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1971054300