Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Stag
Year Excavated	1998
Decorative Technique	Roulette Stamped
Vessel Form	Plate
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Stamped Bucchero Plate Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.059 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.045 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.110 m
Condition	Fragment is broken on all sides. The surface is worn and pitted, with some chips missing along the break edges.
Description	Fragment preserves portions of a roulette-stamped bucchero plate. The rightmost fragmentary portion of the stamped design shows the hindquarters of an animal. In the center of the fragment is an intact image of a grazing stag, indicated by a rack of antlers. To the rear of the stag are two anthropoid figures. Two ridges run directly beneath this stamped pattern, approximately 0.002 m apart from one another. Portions of a third ridge also may be discerned along the bottom break edge of the fragment.
Fabric Description	Bucchero
Munsell Color	7.5YR 2.5/1 black
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1998012300