Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Orientalizing
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Year Excavated	1971
Motif	Volute
Decorative Technique	Relief
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Flat, Relief-Decorated Handle Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.044 m, Pres. Width 0.036-0.038 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.007 m, Scar: Max. Pres. Length 0.037 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.016 m
Condition	Broken on both ends; worn; burnt.
Description	Small fragment of a flat thin handle approximately rectangular in section, has oval scar for attachment to a vessel on bottom of back, the rest of which is smooth. Has smooth, approximately flat sides, and relief-decorated tip suface: set in rectangular recess almost as wide as piece, is raised abstract design of central elaborated shaft conposed of triangles and flared sections, with three layers of volute-like sections extending from it to each side of rectangle.
Fabric Description	Possibly bucchero - fine, slightly micaceous fabric now mottled gray to orange - burnt.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1971055900