Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Orientalizing
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Year Excavated	1971
Motif	Female
Decorative Technique	Relief
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Female-Form Handle Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Height (Curved) 0.114 m, Pres. Width 0.033-0.036 m, Max. Pres. Width Through Wings 0.042 m, Max. Pres. Height of Finial 0.013 m, Max. Pres. Diameter 0.024 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Handle 0.006 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Handle Through Relief 0.015 m, Max. Pres. Height of Head 0.020 m, Max. Pres. Width of Head 0.015 m, Max. Pres. Height of Flat Relief 0.042 m, Pres. Width 0.036-0.038 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.006 m
Condition	Glued from three fragments; broken at both ends; worn and encrusted; burnt.
Description	Thick fragment of relief-decorated handle preserves smooth, round, domed finial top; on exterior of handle is a high relief of female figure, done in varying heights. Head is oval with facial features indicated by grooves; flatter against handle is the body, straight, thin and tubular with arms bent in at elbows and hands holding something which extend as raised ridges out around edge of handle at level of eyes. Other portion of handle preserves flat, thin, rectangular relief-decorated top surface consisting of voluute-like sections extending to edge.
Fabric Description	Buccheroid, burnt mottled orange-gray.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1971056200