Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Clay
Object Type	Architectural::Ridge Pole Tile
Fragment Noted	true
Year Excavated	1968
Object Type (notes)	Creature Paws on Ridge Pole Tile Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.280 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.200 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of tile 0.033 m, Max. Pres. Width of paw 0.050 m, Max. Pres. Length of paw 0.160 m, Max. Pres. Length of leg before support 0.140 m
Condition	Tile broken on all sides. Preserves left paw and leg, part of support, and a scar. Traces of blackening.
Description	The animal was lying along the length of the tile. Paw has four toes and two joints. Leg lies flat on the tile for its preserved length. There is a scar to its right, but it may be the other leg, since it is neither straight nor as long as the other leg. Between the scar and leg at back there is a raised area, for support. Perhaps hind paws of a sitting or reclining creature.
Fabric Description	Coarse clay with bits of stone fired orange-brown.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1968050900