Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Impasto
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Female
Year Excavated	1973
Decorative Technique	Incised Molded
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	false
Object Type (notes)	Exterior Section of Impasto Double Handle
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.084 m, Max. Pres. Width of woman at shoulders 0.042 m
Condition	Exterior section of a double handle, broken above at neck level of woman and broken below just above attachment to vase. Some encrustation. Burned.
Description	Curving exterior section of an impasto double handle. Decorated on the outside with the molded figure of a winged woman in a frontal position, rendered from the waist up but broken at the neck. The wings begin at the waist and extend past the shoulders to the top break, gradually widening. They are adorned with horizontal incised tongues. Two wide rope-like strands (tresses) border the interior of the wings. These strands are decorated with incised vertical slashes. From each lateral side an arm extends out diagonally, bent at the elbow. The hands clutch the rope-like strands. The fingers on her right hand are crudely fashioned by four incised lines. The left hand has worn off. Below the waist there are four incised grooves running horizontally from side to side.
Fabric Description	Impasto, fine grain. Burned brown to orange.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1973027000