Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Impasto
Object Type	Textile Related::Rocchetto
Fragment Noted	true
Year Excavated	1977
Object Type (notes)	Impasto Rocchetto Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.039 m, Min. Pres. Diameter of Shaft 0.016 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of End 0.026 m
Condition	Rocchetto fragment irregularly broken across the shaft preserving one end. Surface worn away. Two chips on circumference of end.
Description	An impasto rocchetto fragment broken horizontally across a narrow, circular shaft, which flares outward to terminate in a round, knob-like end with convex top surface. Undecorated.
Fabric Description	Impasto. An orange clay with numerous white and black bits. The surface preserves a light brown to orange color, but minute traces of a dark brown on the top surface of the end show that it was probably originally fired a dark brown or black. Perhaps has been badly burned.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1977014200