Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Italo-Corinthian Ware
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Circles
Year Excavated	2009
Vessel Form	Tondo
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Italo-Corinthian Tondo Fragment with Slip
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.049 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Tondo 0.084 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Tondo 0.015 m, Max. Pres. Height of Stem 0.028 m, Min. Pres. Thickness of Stem Wall 0.010 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Tondo Interior 0.058 m
Condition	Surfaces are heavily worn, chipped, abraded, and encrusted. There is one large, shallow chip in the center of the tondo, the edges around the tondo above the molding are irregularly chipped, and the stem is broken diagonally. Substantial stripes of slip, dark on the interior of the tondo and reddish on the exterior of the stem, are preserved.
Description	Italo-Corinthian vessel fragment preserves a flat, deep set tondo area decorated with two concentric, wide circles of dark brown slip. Above the deep set tondo are portions of a broad ridge covered in dark brown slip. On the underside of the tondo, the area that connects the tondo with the stem has an offset, finished molding and tapers in gradually toward the stem (hollow in the center). Just in from the molding is a stripe of reddish slip, an area of buff clay, then additional stripes of red slip down what remains of the stem.
Fabric Description	Italo-Corinthian
Munsell Color	ceramic- 5YR 8/4 pink, encrustation- 10YR 7/2 light gray, slip- 10YR 3/2 very dark grayish brown, 7.5YR 5/8 strong brown
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC2009014900