Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Orientalizing
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Year Excavated	2005
Decorative Technique	Incised
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Incised Bucchero Strut Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.053 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.025 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.013 m
Condition	Restored from two fragments. All surfaces are worn, pitted, scratched, and encrusted.
Description	A strut fragment from a bucchero vessel, possibly a chalice, has a flat, finished, undecorated back surface and a semi-cylindrical front surface. Just below the upper break surface is portion of a raised, horizontal band, 0.004 m in max. pres. width, set off with an incised line. Down the center of the cylinder is a vertical line that curves slightly toward the bottom of the strut. The vertical line is flanked on either side by parallel, incised, diagonal lines, creating chevrons spaced 0.002 m apart. Along the proper left side of the cylinder is preserved portion of a flat "wing", 0.005 m in thickness, also incised with diagonal lines of the same orientation. Near the bottom of the strut is another raised, horizontal band, beneath which the strut comes to a foot with a rounded edge, finished on bottom, though a portion is chipped off. The bottom of the foot is slightly concave.
Fabric Description	Bucchero
Munsell Color	2.5Y 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=PC2005003900