Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Decorative Technique	Incised Letters Inscribed
Year Excavated	1997
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Incised Bucchero Rim Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.047 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.031 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.004 m
Condition	Fragment is broken on three sides. A large sherd is absent along the rim. The surface is in relatively good condition with only minor wear and chipping, predominantly along the break edges. The fragment is a join of six individual sherds.
Description	Fragment preserves portions of a rounded bucchero rim. Some incised marks and perhaps inscribed letters are visible on the concave face. Three possible letters are visible along the upper, interior rim. Two take the general form of upsilons while the rightmost appears to be a mu. Moving away from the rim, a curvilinear line runs the length of the fragment, beneath which are several individually delineated hatched marks. One additional upsilon shape, or perhaps simply a triangular shape, is attached to this curvilinear line in approximately an 180 degree orientation to the other letters, possible suggesting the back of an animal.
Fabric Description	Bucchero
Munsell Color	7.5YR 3/1 very dark gray
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1997018100