Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Impasto
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Lotus Palmette
Year Excavated	2003
Decorative Technique	Stamped
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Stamped Impasto Base Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.044 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.036 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.018 m, Min. Pres. Thickness 0.006 m
Condition	Fragment preserves very worn, pitted, and encrusted finished surfaces and break edges with some small inclusions. The interior surface of the base is significantly more worn.
Description	A fragment of an impasto base preserves part of the curved outer edge with a portion of the body 0.013 m in height that comes inward to meet a rounded lower lip 0.008 m in max. pres. width that comes to a slight ridge, then recesses inward to the concave surface of the base. The base displays a worn circular stamp of max. pres. diameter 0.010 m, consisting of a raised design resembling two fleur-de-lis (apparently a double lotus palmette design), back to back.
Fabric Description	Impasto
Munsell Color	Mottled - 2.5Y 5/3 light olive brown, 2.5Y 7/6 yellow, 2.5Y 4/1 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=PC2003013800