Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Lotus Palmette
Year Excavated	2004
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Bucchero Cut-Out Strut Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.046 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.036 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.007 m
Condition	All surfaces are worn, pitted, and encrusted. Broken diagonally across the strut.
Description	A bucchero fragment, possibly the rectangular supporting strut for a chalice, preserves a slanted bottom edge for resting on a surface, and two finished sides, all approximately 0.007 m in max. pres. width. The exterior surface is bordered by a thin ridge and preserves a lotus palmette design that terminates at the bottom edge. The lotus is 0.011 m in max. pres. height with a stem width of 0.006 m. On either side of the stem, surrounded by the curved members of the palmette, are two cut-out areas, each 0.008 m in max. pres. diameter. To the right of the right palmette member is another cut-out area 0.006 m in max. pres. diameter.
Fabric Description	Bucchero
Munsell Color	10YR 2/1 black
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC2004008700